Our Team

The team is based in a studio in West London but we work on design projects further afield including the rest of the UK and overseas. We come from a range of backgrounds including landscape design, landscape architecture, architecture, project management and horticulture.


Tomoko Kawauchi MSGD

Tomoko Kawauchi gained a degree in architecture from the University of Shiga Prefecture in Japan before moving to the UK to study for a National Diploma in Horticulture at Writtle College in 2005. 

She joined Charlotte Rowe Garden Design as a Project Designer in 2006 and worked closely with Charlotte Rowe on a range of designs for seven years before joining another prestigious London design studio.  She rejoined Charlotte Rowe in 2018 as Design Director and brings to the studio her wide experience of design projects in the UK and overseas including private projects, public spaces and RHS show gardens. Tomoko now leads the small team who come from a range of backgrounds including landscape architecture, garden design, horticulture and project management.

Tomoko became a fully accredited member of the Society of Garden Designers early in 2022. She is thought to be the first ever Japanese member of the Society.

Tomoko Kawauchi

Charlotte Rowe MSGD

Charlotte Rowe established the studio in West London in 2004 and since then has designed more than 300 gardens, terraces and landscapes in London, the UK and overseas. Originally an art historian, she worked for many years in marketing and communications before gaining a post-graduate diploma in Residential Landscape and Garden Architecture.

Her earlier career in professional consultancy gives her an understanding of the importance of working closely with clients and has helped her to establish a professional approach to garden design consultancy.

Charlotte won a Gold medal at the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show for her show garden, ‘No Man’s Land’, which marked the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. She has also won a number of industry awards.

Charlotte regularly speaks on landscape design around the world. Charlotte Rowe is a fully accredited member of the Society of Garden Designers and Charlotte Rowe Garden Design is an SGD practice member.