Rob Heyland

Rob Heyland (born 2 April 1954) is an Anglo-Irish screenwriter, actor and landscape designer. Early life and education Heyland was born in London to Irish parents and brought up in Kent where his father was a GP. He was educated at The King’s School, Canterbury and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London (1976-9). Career Landscape Design At Central, with a child to support, Rob created Gaylord and Merriweather – Good Gardeners of Hampstead, a landscape company. Over the following ten years he built gardens for Charles Dance, Alfred Brendel, Michael Palin, Phil Collins, Janet Suzman, Jeremy Irons and many others. Employees included Joe Swift and Nick Franglen.