Meet the gardeners

Meet the gardeners

Permaculture kind of got hijacked by hippies: meet YouTuber, writer and horticulturist Huw Richards

YouTuber, writer and horticulturist Huw Richards explains why his new book will make permaculture accessible, and how it might help you garden better
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Meet gardener Carmen Sheridan – ‘Visiting other gardens, events and plant fairs is like mulch for your brain’

Cultural gardener Carmen cares for the Children’s and Community Garden at Wakehurst, Kew, running therapeutic and educational horticulture groups
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Meet The Gardeners: designer Jo Thompson

The award-winning garden designer on a childhood divided between Rome and Dorset, loving the New Romantics and creating gardens in which people long to spend time.
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Who is Jamie Butterworth? Meet the new Chelsea Flower Show presenter whose behind the scenes rise has been remarkable

Want to know more about Jamie Butterworth, the new presenter of the BBC Chelsea coverage? Here's all you need to know.
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'Most designers are control freaks and perfectionists, but that is not really compatible with gardening' meet designer Andrew Duff

The garden designer and educator on the secret of good design, his long-time friendship with the late John Brookes, and the benefits of battling brambles.
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TV gardener David Domoney’s dirty secret – ‘I have 15 compost bins – is that excessive?’

Gardener and TV presenter David Domoney on the secret lives of plants and the satisfaction that comes with making compost
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Gardening can sometimes be lonely but sharing helps through the difficult times - meet Mattie O’Callaghan, horticultural trainee at the Garden Museum

As a horticultural trainee at the Garden Museum in London, and freelance landscape architect, Mattie focuses on working with communities to create meaningful, biodiverse spaces
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I couldn't find the right vase so I took up pottery to make my own for my home-grown flowers

Flower farmer and florist Rachel Siegfried reveals how a passion for pottery has led to her designing and throwing vases for her seasonally grown blooms
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The Bear Grylls of gardening: a cliff-hanging botanist with a head for heights and a penchant for pet toads

The deputy director and head of science at Oxford Botanic Garden on his early obsession with squirting cucumbers, his detailed botanic art and clambering over cliff edges
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Have fun and don’t be afraid to make mistakes – a young gardener’s guide to getting started

A trainee gardener at London’s Inner Temple Garden, Dylan loves spontaneity in planting and billowing borders
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‘I had a massive garden and the moment I downsized I felt safe’ - How Adam Frost beat burnout

Garden designer and TV presenter Adam Frost on the year that changed his attitude to life, the book that came out of it and what he’s up to next
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Dr James Compton: ‘I am fundamentally lazy and put off gardening chores’

Our resident botanist Dr James Compton talks about his new collaboration with Hans Walter Lack and Martin Callmander
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Isn’t it ironic: the scented sweet-pea breeder who lost his sense of smell (and has to employ a ‘sniffer’)

The sweet pea and dahlia breeder on his early love of breeding, the excitement of seeing dahlias in the wild and finding the missing slice of the sweet pea colour spectrum
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On the front line of climate change: meet flower farmer Roisin Taylor

Flower farmer Roisin is owner of Verde Flower Co, based in Newcastle-Upon- Tyne, and is currently establishing the British Cut Flower Association.
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Everything you need to know about Alan Titchmarsh's Gardening Club

Discover all about Alan Titchmarsh's Gardening Club, the new season that focuses on gardening on ITV1
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32 top women garden designers working in the UK today

To mark International Women's Day, we round up some of the top women garden designers working in the UK today
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Who is Henry Agg? Meet the new presenter of Alan Titchmarsh's Gardening Club

Garden designer and influencer Henry Agg is a fresh face on the daytime gardening show - here's all you need to know about him
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50 invaluable plants for the garden as chosen by a royal garden designer

Landscape designer Jinny Blom picks the 50 plants she loves the most, from first loves, to flowers great for a pot
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Alan Titchmarsh to launch TikTok and YouTube channel: Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh

Discover the new gardening channel being launched by horticulturalist Alan Titchmarsh
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Meet French garden designer Gilles Clément

The enigmatic French designer, botanist, entomologist, writer and gardener on working with rather than against nature and making room for moles.
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Monty Don show's flower farmer Cel Robertson on changing career and her top 7 flowers for cutting

Cel Robertson of Forever Green Flower Company in Norfolk on flower farming and the best blooms to grow in your garden for cutting
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The legacy of Beth Chatto: the pioneering plantswoman who changed the face of gardening

The late, pioneering plantswoman Beth Chatto convinced us to find the right plant for the right place. Here, those who were influenced by her reflect on her lasting legacy.
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