Zdeněk Sendler is one of the most prominent Czech garden and landscape architects of recent decades. His childhood was associated with gardening because his father worked as a gardener at the children’s hospital in Brno – Černá Pole. Following in his father’s footsteps, Zdeněk Sendler trained as a gardener in Rajhrad and graduated from the Secondary Horticultural School in Brno. In 1982, he completed studies in garden and landscape design at the University of Agriculture in Lednice, Moravia. He began his career in the design section of the Mikulov State Estate and later moved to the Brno branch of the Research and Breeding Institute of Ornamental Horticulture in Průhonice.

Immediately after the Velvet Revolution, in 1990, he founded a garden and landscape architecture studio. In 1993, he began collaborating with Václav Babka, and today the studio, under the name Atelier Radilová-Sendler-Babka, is jointly run by Sendler and Lucie Radilová.

The studio’s work ranges from small private gardens to children’s playgrounds, urban and castle parks, and large-scale landscape projects. The team draws on knowledge of historic gardens and parks, which they apply extensively, especially when restoring old orchards. In newly designed parks, they emphasize a strong, often symbolic concept and a clear spatial layout, complemented by small-scale architectural elements. Their work responds to the specific site, incorporating historical references, preserved artefacts and fragments, or, in other cases, introducing striking new forms and colours. A key aspect of the studio’s approach is a focus on sustainability and ecological sensibility.

The studio’s portfolio has become extensive. Notable projects include the Natural Cathedral park in Brno (1994), the landscape park with a cemetery in Dolní Břežany (2010 and 2016), and the landscape design of Masaryk University campus in Brno-Bohunice (2007). The studio has also revitalized the Monastery Gardens in Litomyšl (2000), the Wallenstein Gardens in Prague (2000–2001), Denisovy Sady in Brno (2005), Havlíček Square in Prague-Žižkov (2015), and Mendel Square in Brno (2022). Many of these projects have received multiple awards.