About Me

 After years as a management accountant I was fortunate enough to follow my other passions, those being art and gardening.

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Being brought up on a farm I knew where my food came from, and how we had to survive on what we grew.

This has kept me grounded and I never taking anything for granted.

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I had always been an artist and attended every evening class going. But in 2008 I gave up my salaried job to go to art college in Winchester and then onto an MA Fine Art course in London. I decided to become a garden designer but thought I needed to get some grounding in horticulture first, which I did at the local college on the Isle of Wight,and then two years later I then went on to do a Garden Design course at Sparsholt College near Winchester.

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I now use all of my skills to produce artistic, beautiful gardens, but with basic knowledge of what works and what doesn't.

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Carol Bliss, the chief designer of Bliss Garden Design is professionally trained to provide first class garden design in the UK.

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Her qualifications include the following:

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Sparsholt College

Diploma in Garden Design September (2018 – 2019)

Certificate in Garden Design (2016 – 2017) - with Distinction

The Isle of Wight College

City & Guilds Level 3 – Horticulture (2014-2016) - with Distinction

Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design 

Master of Art - Fine Arts – (October 2011 to June 2013) – with Credit

Southampton University – Winchester College of Art 

Bachelor of Art - Fine Art – (September 2008 to July 2011) – 2:1