In an era obsessed with categorisation, John Wyer declines to be pigeonholed. He is an accomplished designer, writer, artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, a keen cyclist, voracious reader and obsessive home cook.
But, because the company he established 30 years ago also builds gardens, he tends to be labelled as a landscaper. “I think that is true, at least outside the industry,” he says, “but it doesn’t bother me. I’ve never really conformed to a type.”
Growing up in south London as the middle child of five, this tendency mainly
