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Nigel Dunnett obituary
- Nigel Dunnett has died at 63 from cancer, ending a career that reshaped urban planting and biodiversity.
- His Superbloom project at the Tower of London in 2022 used seed mixes to create a dynamic, seasonal landscape.
- Dunnett designed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park planting in 2012, bringing meadows and biodiversity into public view.
- He collaborated on a memorial garden at Buckingham Palace, conceived as a stretched diamond grid.
- Dunnett taught at the University of Sheffield, training landscape architects and advancing urban horticulture.
- His work ranged from Battersea Power Station to the Barbican, and included the Hospitalfield Arts Garden for Chelsea 2025.
- Dunnett championed public engagement, appearing on media programs like Gardeners’ World.
- He researched green roofs, rain gardens, and long-term ecological monitoring at Sheffield.
- Dunnett’s rooftop garden work included the Peveril Gardens rooftop space in Southwark.
- Survived by his wife Marta Herrero and two children from his first marriage.
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