Tiggy Salt's biography
Tiggy was educated at St Paul's Girls School, London and Brasenose College, Oxford where she gained a BA with Honours in English and Modern Languages. Tiggy's speciality was Italian. Post graduate studies followed at the Courtauld Institute of Art, majoring in Central Italian Renaissance Architecture.
Post graduation Tiggy moved to Rome for a year where she kindled her interest in Italian gardens. Upon returning to England she worked in newspapers and publishing before moving to the Research department at the V&A, where her interest in Decorative Arts began. A move to the Visual Arts dept of the British Council, afforded Tiggy the opportunity of working at the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
At 28 Tiggy retrained, studying Garden Design at the English Gardening School, and completed the RHS General Certificate at Gunnersbury Park. Work placements followed at Villa La Pietra, Florence on the huge garden restoration project which was designed by Kim Wilkie. In 2003 she set up her small London-based garden design company and currently lives between Notting Hill Gate and the Welsh borders with her little dog, Alfie.
Tiggy's interest in vegetable gardens and passion for getting children involved in gardening has led to her often designing gardens with children in mind. She cites Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sarah Raven as inspirations and the renewed interest in allotment gardening and supporting farmer's markets rather than supermarket chains are uppermost in her values. The whole idea of eating organically-grown local produce in season has begun to be reflected in the garden designs which she is currently being commissioned to do.
