{"id":115,"date":"2021-07-20T14:14:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:43:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/?page_id=115","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kasia Hallett: a new garden designer in Oxfordshire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the love of nature has run in my family for generations, I never really thought I would become a garden designer&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to my botanically minded grandparents and star-gazing parents, I\u2019ve been exposed to the wonders of the natural world from a very young age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for this I will be forever grateful to them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have spent many of my summer holidays either watching the night sky with my dad or helping my grandmother in her enormous garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I also had many interests of my own, and so it wasn\u2019t until much later in life that I discovered my own passion for plants and design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0bf3590d02c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0bf3590d02c\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"1343\" src=\"https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hallettgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04643-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Surround yourself with natural beauty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I first retrained as a gardener with RHS at Waterperry Gardens where I graduated with Level 2 Diploma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as I loved gardening, however, the design side of things has always fascinated me even more&#8230; 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