Stephen Woodhams

Stephen Woodhams (born "c." 1964) was one of the youngest gardeners ever to win the Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1994 for "Mr. Maidment's Garden". Stephen was also awarded Silver Medals in 1996, 1997, and 2000. In 2002 his Sanctuary garden sponsored by Merrill Lynch won him his second Gold Medal.

At the age of sixteen Stephen achieved a place at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley from which he graduated with honours. He went on to become Buyer Consultant at Moyses Stevens and in 1986 won a youth enterprise grant of £40 a week with which he set up his own business in his garden shed at the age of 22.

In 1992 he opened his first shop in Ledbury Road and fast established an enviable portfolio of clients including Max Mara, Joseph, Michel Roux, and the Hempel. He has also been asked to style nine Royal Opera House Galas, the re-opening of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the décor for the Centrepoint Ball at the Natural History Museum, and the styling of the inaugural dinner at the Tate Modern, Bankside.

In 1998, he opened Woodhams at One Aldwych where the hotel since won the "Best Floral Hotel in the World" by Condé Nast Traveller. In 2002 he opened another shop in Belgravia on Elizabeth Street. This second shop became the flagship store.

Publications

* Woodhams, Stephen (2004) "Flowers" Quadrille, London, ISBN 1-84400-134-2
* Woodhams, Stephen and Wood, Andrew (2000) "Portfolio of contemporary gardens" Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, MA, ISBN 1-56496-754-9
* Mandleberg, Hilary and Woodhams, Stephen (1999) "Dried Flowers" Ryland Peters & Small, London, ISBN 1-84172-005-4
* Woodhams, Stephen (1998) "Flower palettes : arranging flowers using color as your guide" Clarkson Potter, New York, ISBN 0-609-60363-9
* Woodhams, Stephen and Eason, Lorry (1998) "Flower power : innovative flower arrangements for all occasions" Quadrille, London, ISBN 1-899988-03-3
* Woodhams, Stephen (1995) "The country dried flower companion" Collins Publishers, San Francisco, ISBN 0002554925

External links

* [http://www.woodhams.co.uk/index.asp?refid=4 www.woodhams.co.uk]