Louisa Allen is a horticulturist and garden designer. She worked for the City of London Corporation from 2012-2017, managing 200 modern and historic green spaces in the Square Mile, where notable recent projects included commissioning Professor Nigel Dunnett’s landmark planting scheme on the Barbican Estate, re-landscaping St Dunstan in the East and renovating Postman’s Park. She completed a Masters in Horticulture with the Royal Horticultural Society in 2016. Her particular interest is urban environments and the impact these can have on well-being and engaging communities.