About me

It's all about presentation for me, always wanting everything to look nice. After a brief career in desk top publishing I completed my studies in visual merchandising and display design.

Top player in my field for over 2 decades! From concept to finished product i've always delivered on time and to budget. Creativity is not about spending the most money, it's working out how to acheive a look and feel on a shoestring sometimes. Not to say i cant do luxury, My time with Harvey Nichols was a great stepping stone to my 13 year career with Fenwick. One store eventually evovled to four which was certainly a challenge, but i love a challenge. Travelling around the world for inspiration was truly amazing and opened my eyes and senses. I was nominated 4 years running for most innovative person in the UK for visual merchanding as well as several other nominations and winnings.

Since leaving Fenwick, in January 2019, i have launched my own brand, Tommy's Garden. My initial time after Fenwick was relaxing time in my garden but led to creating designs which i later had produced as fabric then products which started my lifestyle brand. My initial products were tea towels, then aprons, oven gloves & tote bags and lastly introducing notecards. I built, then launched, my website in November 2019.

I was invited to join a friends market stall in Kingston, Christmas 2019, which was my first chance to test my product face to face. I soon realised the story about how got there was more important than the product. Being a creative, i never wanted a career in sales but when you have your own business people really like the back ground so you have to sell yourself.