Emma Clark | |
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Nationality | British |
Known for | Islamic 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.
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]