Ellis denies she’s anything other than a vehicle—“I just follow the flowers,” she says—but the meditative relationship she develops with her subjects produces images that are more than decorative: they speak about life, in all its strange stages. The day before the wedding, Owen crashes Denise's hen night to warn her that Lucas killed his ex-wife Trina Johnson ( Sharon Duncan-Brewster) and she is in danger. that night and after hearing about her death, Libby sends her condolences to Ian, via a text message to Denise.

Denise later rings Libby, telling her that she will end her relationship with Ian the following day. She hears Ben Mitchell (Charlie Jones) confess in the middle of the cafe that he hit Jordan with a spanner and tells Lucas this. Libby says that she has always loved him and that he will always be her best friend, before she leaves Walford.However, Denise tells Libby that she should not be sacrificing her life in Oxford for her, so after sharing an emotional farewell with Denise, Libby departs. Ellis deliberately uses only the barest ingredients—an SLR camera, a paper backdrop, natural light—without any manipulation by computer, “only flowers I meet on the ground. Speaking of her departure, Owusu said: "I've had a great time playing Libby but I agree with Bryan that after four years of great storylines, it is now time for Libby to move on. In September 2018, it is mentioned that Libby is the only student from Walford High to ever attend Oxford.

Unknown to everyone but Lucas, Owen hides in Phil Mitchell's ( Steve McFadden) Jaguar and confronts Lucas about his crime, leading to Lucas strangling him to death and burying him in the gardens in Albert Square. In reality, Lucas had killed Owen and confessed to Denise, taken her to a canal and strangled her, sending the text message before throwing the phone in the canal. She first moved to Martha’s Vineyard decades ago, quite literally after closing her eyes and pointing at a map. Libby Ellis’s flowers don’t judge or fear their own passing; they just do what they do, and it’s beautiful.Libby is happy when Patrick gives a eulogy to Denise, but is upset when an argument starts between Liz and Denise's sisters, Kim ( Tameka Empson) and Daphne (Emi Wokoma).

My flora portraits are held in private and public collections, including the Harvard Divinity School. After staying the night at Patrick's, Libby asks Denise to go to Spain, with her for Chelsea's birthday. She overhears Darren booking a table for two in a restaurant and suspects he is meeting another woman. When Adam brings Libby flowers and says Owen must have been murdered for a reason, Libby shouts at him for patronizing her. He is arrested, but Libby persuades Denise to give a glowing character witness statement and he is released.Libby becomes furious and confides in Tamwar with whom she is in the process of starting a home tutoring business. That’s in part because Ellis photographs her flowers in black and white, but also because she has managed to create an other-worldly look that is unique, loaded with emotion, and strangely comforting. Tiana Benjamin who plays Chelsea has said that the three actors who play the Fox family have a bond, commenting "We all respect and understand each other, and manage to have a good time while we're filming too. When Lucas Johnson ( Don Gilet), Denise's boyfriend and Chelsea's father, has Owen arrested for breaching his bail conditions, Libby at first doesn't believe Owen's claims but is shocked when Lucas confesses. Denise visits Libby at Oxford and she is concerned, as Denise does not like talking about her home life.

Darren becomes jealous, but eventually reconciles with Libby and begins thinking about starting a sexual relationship with Libby. He continues to bang on the door while Denise tells Libby that she could go back to Oxford early and it is time to move on. Lucas locks himself in the community centre and breaks down, blaming Jordan's condition on his own actions. Reporting on the University storyline, The Guardian noted that Libby and Tamwar applying to Oxford and Cambridge could be the universities' "dream storyline", as it showed that "clever state school kids can get a place. Libby is the only person who believes that there is no way Denise could have done this and says that "sorry" could mean anything.She develops a crush on Gus Smith ( Mohammed George), but is too young to be noticed by him, so she begins using an internet chat room, talking to a stranger named "Einstein27".