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Garden Designer, writer, talker, RHS Vice President and skipper of the light fandango.

Creative Partner at Scribehound and member of The Garden Collective. Host of podcast On The Ledge and the author of The Allotment Keeper's Handbook, Legends of the Leaf and The Atlas of Deadly Plants.

I am a psychologist, writer, sweet pea obsessive and gardener based in Somerset. My work explores the psychological importance of seasonal changes in the garden, and the quiet rituals of growing.

Writer and broadcaster, currently the Head of Horticulture & Landscape Strategy for The Royal Parks in London.

I adore gardens and garden history, with a special focus on the 19th/early 20th centuries. I have also spent the last eight years recovering the lost archive of garden maverick Ellen Willmott.

I'm a writer gardener. Author of The Grove and currently working on GREEN KINGDOM: the Family History of Plants, but having the most fun here on the Garden Collective.

Join our collective of gardening experts to discuss the issues that matter to you: from pruning and propagation to heirloom vegetables and gardening by the moon.

Gardening royalty, Alan is the voice of gardening for many of us. Writer, broadcaster, novelist, and with the Garden Collective from the start.

Gardener, Mother and Author of The Virgin Gardener, Sweet Peas for Summer and The Five Minute Garden. Gardening in a West London Garden.

Since my first garden article in 1979, I've been gardening correspondent of The Times, written for Country Life and other magazines, authored 11 books, and been awarded the EMH in 2024.