Rosemary Verey

Verey was born Rosemary Isabel Baird Sandilands and educated at Eversley School, Folkestone, and University College London.

[2] Verey's most significant garden design was that for her own Barnsley House.

In 1984, after her husband died, she began designing gardens for American and British clients.

[3] Verey took imposing elements from large public gardens and adapted them to scale for home use.

Her laburnum walk in Barnsley House garden is an example of this technique, inspired by the large laburnum walk at the National Trust's Bodnant Garden in North Wales.