Jo, originally from Romsey, Hampshire, attended the private boarding school Embley Park, where fees cost up to £7,000 a term. She went to college in Winchester for A-levels in art, biology and geography and studied landscape design and horticulture at Writtle agricultural college in Chelmsford, Essex.
After getting a job at landscape designers Hyland Edgar Driver, Jo relocated from Winchester to Bristol, when she landed a job at the Building Design Partnership. She started in September 2008 and it was there, at Hill Street in Bristol's city centre, she met boyfriend Greg - an Architect working towards his professional chartership. Earlier this year she completed a masters degree in garden design at the city's university.