About Hannah
I grew up surrounded by plants on my family’s organic herb farm, where I spent much of my childhood helping my parents and travelling with them to RHS flower shows. It gave me a fascination with plants that has stayed with me throughout my life.
I spend a great deal of time observing plants as they grow, drawing them from emerging seedlings through to established plants, flowers and seed heads. Many are plants I follow throughout the seasons in my mum’s garden. I also continue to work part-time at Jekka’s Herb Farm, where I lead garden tours during Open Days and share my knowledge of the plants, how they grow and the conditions they need to thrive.
I want my illustrations to capture not only the botanical detail, but the character of the plants I draw, creating a sense of movement that makes each one individual.
Illustration & design
I have worked professionally as an illustrator since 2004, creating botanical artwork for books, magazines, packaging, textiles, murals and design.
Early in my career I spent two years in America working as a textile designer, while continuing my illustration practice through a regular magazine commission in the UK. Since then, my botanical work has found its way into an extraordinary variety of places and projects.
I have enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Gardens Illustrated magazine, created botanical designs for the National Trust and the RHS, designed wallpaper and fabric for Osborne & Little’s Spring 2018 collection, and created large-scale murals for Sutton Prep School.
My work has been exhibited at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and in a solo exhibition in Japan, and can also be found hanging in Kensington Palace. Alongside these projects, I have illustrated numerous books and publications, with two new books featuring my work due to be published in 2027.
In 2025, I was invited to create a botanical Gromit for the Gromit Unleashed trail in Bristol. Inspired by the secret garden, the finished sculpture raised £32,000 at auction for Bristol Children’s Hospital, a project very close to my heart and one I was incredibly proud to be part of.
From illustration to the printing press
Alongside commissioned illustration, screenprinting has become an increasingly important part of my practice. I have been a member of Spike Print Studio since 2004.
I love the physical process of building a screenprint one stencil at a time. Each colour is individually mixed, printed and registered by hand, allowing me to translate the intricacy of my botanical drawings into something more tactile and unexpected. You never quite know how one layer will react with the next, allowing the process itself to become part of the finished image.
My screenprints and garden prints bring together the two sides of my work: a lifetime spent looking at plants and a fascination with colour, composition and the craft of making.
I haven’t yet drawn every plant in my garden, so there are plenty more designs to come!
You can find me regularly at Frome Independent Market and at Jekka’s Open Days. Come and find me out in the wild - I love talking about plants and printmaking.
