Contempory garden designers - Biographies
Biographies of Contemporary garden designers, contemporary garden writers and gardening experts. Find out about the biography of famous contemporary gardeners and garden designers.
Tom Stuart-Smith
Famous British Garden Designers
Gertrude Jekyll is well known for her extensive design work, alone and in partnership with Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect. Read more »
Beth Chatto
Famous British Garden Designers
Beth Chatto is a plantswomen and author best known for her Essex gardens which tackle planting design in a range of difficult conditions. She is a firm believer in the 'Right Plant, Right Place' school of planting design Read more »
Martha Schwartz
Famous US Garden Designers
Martha Schwartz is an American Landscape Architect whose experimental work has had a revolutionary influence on the progress of garden design in the 20th Century. Read more »
Christopher Bradley-Hole
Famous British Garden Designers
Margery Fish was one of the most important influences on English Cottage Gardening. It is mainly due to her enthusiasm and love of plants that the cottage gardening tradition has been kept alive. Read more »
Arabella Lennox-Boyd
Famous British Garden Designers
Margery Fish was one of the most important influences on English Cottage Gardening. It is mainly due to her enthusiasm and love of plants that the cottage gardening tradition has been kept alive. Read more »
Dan Pearson
Famous British Garden Designers
Margery Fish was one of the most important influences on English Cottage Gardening. It is mainly due to her enthusiasm and love of plants that the cottage gardening tradition has been kept alive. Read more »
John Brookes
Famous British Garden Designers
John Brookes is renowned for his modern interpretation of the garden as an 'outdoor room'. He famously pioneered a modern teaching style based on interlocking shapes and has written many books on the subject. Read more »
