Press
Álvaro Sampedro’s work has been featured internationally for its Mediterranean naturalistic approach to landscape design, from private gardens in Spain to hospitality projects abroad.
BBC One (UK)
Featured in the first episode of presenter Monty Don’s three-part BBC series on Spanish gardens (2024), alongside historic sites such as El Escorial and gardens by Fernando Caruncho and Tom Stuart-Smith.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hbwmw8/player
The Guardian (UK)
Featured for an experimental garden in Ávila province, central Spain, in a piece on drought-tolerant Mediterranean planting for UK gardens.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/11/alvaro-sampedro
Architectural Digest (España)
Named to the AD100, Architectural Digest España’s annual list of the country’s leading architects and designers.
https://www.revistaad.es/galerias/ad100-2025
VERANDA (USA)
Winner, Ultimate Secret Garden — VERANDA’s World’s Most Beautiful Gardens 2023, judged by Bunny Williams and the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, for a garden in Tendilla, Spain.
https://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/a43557658/worlds-most-beautiful-gardens-2023/
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 (The Dirt)
Sampedro’s dog-led design approach at La Moraleja was cited as a direct inspiration for Monty Don’s RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden — the first dog-designed garden in RHS Chelsea Flower Show history.
https://thedirt.news/ned-assists-in-the-design-of-monty-dons-garden
IGPOTY (International Garden Photographer of the Year, Kew Gardens)
First Prize, European Garden Photography — for “Sunrise in the Tiétar Valley,” photographed by Richard Bloom in Álvaro Sampedro’s experimental garden in Ávila province.
https://www.elblogdelatabla.com/fotos-jardines-europa-premiados-igpoty-14/
House & Garden (UK)
Featured for a private garden in Spain.
https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/ivaro-sampedro-garden-spain
House & Garden (UK)
Pastoral Gardens: A Transformative Link Between Nature and People
https://www.houseandgarden.co.za/gardens/pastoral-gardens-a-link-between-nature-and-people
Gardens Illustrated (UK)
Featured for a contemporary garden near Madrid, designed around the layout the client’s dogs had already worn into the empty plot — combining formal structure with naturalistic Mediterranean planting.
https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/international/contemporary-madrid-alvaro-sampedro
Gardens Illustrated (UK)
Featured for the gardens of El Jaral de la Mira, an events venue and restaurant set within a biodynamic farm near Madrid.
https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/international/el-jaral-de-la-mira-sampedro
Elle Decor (España)
Featured for residential landscape design work.
https://www.elledecor.com/es/decoracion/a45076305/jardin-alcarria-alvaro-sampedro-luis-puerta
The Aficionados (UK)
Landscape design for AHÃMA, a barefoot-luxury eco hotel on Türkiye’s Turquoise Coast near Göcek, developed alongside an international team of architects and designers.
https://theaficionados.com/travel/tuerkiye/turkish-riviera/mugla/fethiye/ahama
Arquitectura Viva (España)
Coverage of a landscape project in Guadarrama, Madrid.
https://arquitecturaviva.com/articles/alvaro-sampedro-en-guadarrama
Luxury Lifestyle Magazine (UK)
Landscaping for Sa Magrana, a Mallorca country estate in the SimonEscapes luxury holiday home collection.
https://www.luxurylifestylemag.co.uk/travel/sa-magrana-a-new-mallorca-country-estate
Nuevo Estilo (España)
Premios Escala 2025, noche para rendir homenaje a la decoración.
https://www.nuevoestilo.es/novedades/a65112426/entrega-de-los-premios-escala-de-interiorismo
El País (España)
Ocho jardines españoles entre los más punteros del mundo
https://elpais.com/icon-design/2026-03-26/estamos-mas-valorados-en-el-extranjero-que-en-casa
El Mundo (España)
‘Spanish Gardens’, la serie de la BBC para que los británicos descubran la belleza de los jardines de España
https://amp.elmundo.es/ciencia/2024/03/07/65e0a3a3e9cf4a37398b45a7.html
Arquitectura Viva (España)
Álvaro Sampedro en Guadarrama
https://arquitecturaviva.com/articulos/alvaro-sampedro-en-guadarrama
Architectural Digest (España)
Salvajes y sin florituras: así son los jardines del madrileño que diseña los paisajes más bonitos de España
https://www.revistaad.es/decoracion/jardines-y-plantas/articulos/alvaro-sampedro-paisajista