Meet Our Garden Design and Landscaping Teams
We provide full-service garden design and landscape construction solutions across London and Hertfordshire. With our expert in-house garden designers, landscape architects, and garden build professionals, we guarantee a smooth and unified garden design and landscaping experience. From the initial garden design through to the final implementation, we cultivate luxury gardens for our clients.
Meet Our Managing Director
Herman Ermal Pobrati
Managing Director
Roles: Owner, Landscape Construction Consultant, Horticulturist and Project Manager
Strengths: Outdoor environmental quality enhancement, Smart and eco-friendly design, Native Landscaping, Sustainable social, economic and environmental design, Balanced design of form and function.
Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and then a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning. Extensive experience in the design of small urban spaces based on the principles of sustainable development, urban regeneration and passive spaces systems. Enthusiastic about implementing contemporary innovations and developments in outdoor spaces.
Joined Acacia Gardens: 2004.
Meet Our Garden Design Team
Emma Appleby
Garden and Landscape Designer
Roles: Garden Designer, Landscape Designer
Emma Appleby comes to Acacia Gardens with a wealth of experience. Emma ran her own successful garden design practice for well over a decade, with Acacia Gardens building many of her designs. This successful partnership resulted in Emma joining the team, as Acacia Gardens leading in-house designer.
Emma is passionate about the healing, restorative quality of gardens, along with improving wildlife habitats along the way. She has designed many beautiful gardens for clients across London and abroad, with a speciality for designing spaces with tricky slopes and levels.
Emma graduated from the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden in 2007, with a Distinction in Garden Design. She is also an RHS Qualified Plantsperson.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2024.
Kathryn Cox
Garden and Landscape Designer
Roles: Garden Designer, Landscape Designer
Kathryn is an award-winning garden designer with a passion to blend interiors with exteriors, designing outdoor spaces as beautiful as her clients’ homes.
Originally a creative director from the advertising industry, Kathryn has turned her eye for design and detail to the natural world. Kathryn believes in gardens filled with colour, with a focus on bio-diversity and sustainability.
She won the outstanding graduate award at the British Academy of Garden Design; received distinction in planting design at the London College of Garden Design at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew; and holds an MA with distinction in Design Studies from Central Saint Martins.
A pre-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers, Kathryn recently won the ‘Design Under £50,000’ category at the Pro Landscaper Project Awards. Kathryn is on a mission to do her bit to help the planet, one gorgeous garden at a time.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2024.
Beatriz Blas Cabanes
Garden Designer
Roles: Garden Designer and Planting Designer
Strengths: Garden Design, Extensive Horticulture Knowledge, Experienced Planting Scheme Planner.
Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Garden Design from Camilo Jose Cela University in Madrid, Garden Design at Capel Manor at Regents Park in London, Internship at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew London, over 8 years of experience working in the  Garden Design and Soft Landscaping Industry.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2017.
Caroline Brukszo
Garden Designer
Roles: Landscape Engineer, Garden Designer
Strengths: Sustainable architecture, permaculture design, innovative solutions, medicinal gardens, creative approach.
Qualifications and Experience: An engineering degree and then a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture accredited by IFLA Europe – International Federation of Landscape Architects at the Cracow University of Technology. Developed revitalization of urban spaces as well as regional nature routes. Working in the profession for 11 years, gaining experience on many levels in the field of landscape creation. For two years, active participation in the design of public spaces in Europe. Passion for designing gardens in line with the genius loci – respecting the identity of the place.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2022.
Malvina Laci
Landscape Architect
Role: Landscape Architect
Strengths: Outdoor environmental quality enhancement, Smart and eco-friendly design, Native Landscaping, Sustainable social, economic and environmental design, Balanced design of form and function.
Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and then a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning. Extensive experience in the design of small urban spaces based on the principles of sustainable development, urban regeneration and passive spaces systems. Enthusiastic about implementing contemporary innovations and developments in outdoor spaces.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2022.
Meet Our Landscape Construction Team
Gentian Sinanaj
Operations Manager
Roles: Operations Manager and Landscape Consultant
Strengths: Outdoor environmental quality enhancement, Smart and eco-friendly design, Native Landscaping, Sustainable social, economic and environmental design, Balanced design of form and function.
Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and then a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning. Extensive experience in the design of small urban spaces based on the principles of sustainable development, urban regeneration and passive spaces systems. Enthusiastic about implementing contemporary innovations and developments in outdoor spaces.
Joined Acacia Gardens in 2014.
Remy Nela
Landscape Foreman
Roles: Managing projects and teams on site. Works alongside the team to ensure our highest standards and quality is achieved all the time.
Strengths: Outdoor environmental quality enhancement, Smart and eco-friendly design, Native Landscaping, Sustainable social, economic and environmental design, Balanced design of form and function.
Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and then a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning. Extensive experience in the design of small urban spaces based on the principles of sustainable development, urban regeneration and passive spaces systems. Enthusiastic about implementing contemporary innovations and developments in outdoor spaces.
Joined Acacia Gardens 2007.
Award Winning Domestic Garden Hertfordshire
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2023
English Country Style Garden Queens Park London
Cosy Courtyard Garden Crouch End North London
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 Garden Build Project
Urban Sanctuary Garden East London
Contemporary Landscaping Hammersmith
Garden Build Ware Hertfordshire