About
Tabi Jackson Gee is a garden designer, writer and founder of Them Outdoors. Tabi seeks out creatively ambitious and imaginative clients to collaborate with - on both residential and commercial projects, in town and country.
In 2025 Tabi was named one of House & Garden’s Rising Stars. She has also won awards with the Society of Garden Designers, and her installation at RHS Chelsea in 2024 won a Silver Gilt medal. Tabi is based in Wiltshire but works across the UK - and occasionally abroad.
Our Design approach:
taking the long view
We talk about longevity a lot during a project. The reason for this is twofold. By embracing the changing climate and seeing sustainability as an exciting creative challenge rather than a hindrance, Tabi works alongside her clients to create resilient gardens that will stand the test of time and can be enjoyed for generations to come.
We also insist on future proofing gardens; for us this means working with the gardeners who will care for them, from the very beginning of the design process. Creating a dynamic and creative aftercare manifesto means gardens can be designed with that love and commitment in mind.
Because of this, we especially enjoy working on longer term projects where plans can evolve and adapt over years and a designer/client relationship - and the garden - can flourish.
Architects + Interior Designers
Tabi is often introduced to clients through architects and interior designers: a focus on creating harmony between inside and out is a constant theme in our work.
Recent interior design collaborators include many of the House & Garden 100, including Berdoulat, Studio Peake, Brandon Schubert and Aldridge & Supple.
Collaboration
On the topic of collaboration; Tabi enjoys spending valuable face to face time with clients for the entirety of a project and beyond, and particularly loves working side by side with clients who want to engage in the creative process.
It takes a village, so we call on the help of trusted expert partners and a network of industry-leading suppliers to bring our wonderful gardens to life.
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Financial Times - May 2025 - The Garden Designer’s Guide to Garden Furniture
Sunday Times Style - April 2025 - How Chic is Your Garden?
House and Garden - April 2025 - Rising Star
The Telegraph - May 2024 - 10 Things not to miss at the Chelsea Flower Show
The English Garden - April 2023 - The Blue Garden
Ideal Home - May 2021 - Brixton Wildlife Garden
Evening Standard - June 2021 - Brixton Wildlife Garden
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Society of Garden Designer Awards 2025 - Finalist
RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Kent Wildflower Seeds - Silver Gilt 2023
RHS Hampton Court with Kent Wildflower Seeds - Silver Gilt 2023
Society of Garden Designer Awards 2022 - Winner
Pre-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers
London College of Garden Design - Diploma in Garden Design
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In 2025, Tabi founded Them Outdoors - an online gallery for design-led, original garden furniture, sculpture and planters made by British artists and craftspeople.
Working on residential and commercial projects with interior designers and architects, Tabi always felt there was a need for a thoughtful and creative space – where clients and professionals alike could find inspirational, design-led outdoor furniture – to compliment their indoor equivalents.
Much has been made of the recent craft revival, as well as the increasingly blurred boundaries between art, craft and furniture. It is Tabi’s belief that outdoor furniture and sculpture has an important role to play in this cultural sea change. By both celebrating and honouring the past, and pushing boundaries for what is possible with new materials, new processes and new ways of thinking.
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Tabi often reflects on her practice through writing, and contributes regularly to the Financial Times, House & Garden and Country Life.
Country Life - Chelsea Flower Show 2025 - The Essential Guide for First Timers
Financial Times - Tradition takes on tech in the garden master plan
Financial Times - How can plants be nurtured to tolerate growing weather extremes?
Financial Times - How to make the most of moss
Financial Times - How to begin your route into gardening
Financial Times - How can we be better stewards of the land in 2024?
Financial Times - How to grow your own orchard
Financial Times - Is the ‘low-maintenance’ garden a myth?
Financial Times - It’s edimental, my dear: how to mix edible and ornamental plants
Financial Times - The great tree debate: which varieties are best suited to our changing climate?
Financial Times - How stag beetles are enriching an ecosystem on a London rooftop
Financial Times - Gardens that harness the power of water
Financial Times - Why we should rethink our grass lawns
Financial Times - Outdoor lighting, seen in a new light
Financial Times - What is the true value of a tree?
Financial Times - The name of the rose — who decides what plants are called?
Financial Times - Salvage love: how to create a garden with reclaimed materials
Financial Times - Darling buds of decay: the gardeners embracing dead and dying plants
Financial Times - Woodland warriors go to town in the fight against pollution
Financial Times - The superpowers of soil