Emma Clark (garden designer)

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Emma Clark
NationalityBritish
Known forIslamic garden designer
Notable work"Carpet Garden" at Highgrove House, garden at Cambridge Central Mosque

Emma Clark is a British garden designer, historian, and author. [1] She specialises in designing Islamic gardens.

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Life

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Gate and garden of Cambridge Central Mosque

Clark is the great-granddaughter of the former British prime minister, Herbert Asquith. [2] She developed an interest in Islamic gardens while studying under Keith Critchlow at the Royal College of Art in London. [3] She is a convert to Islam. [4] [2]

Clark designed the "Carpet Garden," inspired by two Turkish carpets at Highgrove House, with Charles, Prince of Wales, and Mike Miller for the Highgrove gardens. [5] [6]

She was approached by Muslim scholar Timothy Winter to design the Islamic gardens at the Cambridge Central Mosque, Europe's first eco-friendly mosque. [3] [7] [8] The garden was inspired by the Quranic depiction of heaven. [9] [10]

Clark is also an instructor at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts. [11]

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