Emma Clark (garden designer)

Clark is the great-granddaughter of the former British prime minister, H. H. 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]

• The Art of the Islamic Garden (Crowood Press, 2004)
• Mehmet the Conqueror with illustrations by Laura de la Mare (Hood Hood Books, 1997)
• Underneath Which Rivers Flow: the Symbolism of the Islamic Garden (Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture, 1996)
• Sinan: Architect of Istanbul with illustrations by Emma Alcock (Hood Hood Books, 1996)