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People in the garden
We are featuring articles about the people who make gardens, people who study gardens, and pictures of people in gardens. If you have an idea for any person for an interview, or have a good picture (hi-res please - only one at a time!), please contact us.
Interviews with 'Garden People'
Due to the length of content and the many pictures we include, some articles may take more than a minute to download - please be patient - it is worth it!
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Profile of a Garden Designer: Heather AppletonAt BBC Gardeners World Live this year, (16th - 20th June at NEC Birmingham), NS&I will be sponsoring three gardens under the title 'Growing Gardens Today'. One of the winners is Heather Appleton whose garden... [Read full interview] |
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Chloe Brown"Chloe Brown has a fascinating background of visual influences... born in Kenya, and travelled in Africa and the Middle East before triaging in painting and print-making at the Glasgow School of Art and then at the English gardening School...." [Read full interview] |
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Interview with Christopher Woodward“I was a gardener as a child, and bought plants with my pocket money, but my sister’s rabbit ate them all – so I was discouraged. I came to gardens through 18th century poetry and paintings, then, when I was researching my book In Ruins I saw..." [Read full interview] |
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Interview with Jeff LogsdonJeff Logsdon, [Head of the School of Design, Writtle College] came to Writtle College in 2003... and was attracted by the chance to develop Masters degrees in landscape architecture and garden design... [Read full interview] |
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Interview with Colleen MorrisColleen Morris is very enthusiastic about gardens and their history. She is curious about all designs and the people behind them. Her book, Lost Gardens of Sydney is reviewed in the books section. I met her on her recent visit to the UK... [Read full interview] |
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Interview with Suki UrquhartSuki Urquhart is a Garden Designer and freelance Writer and had her own column in the Sunday Times for four years writing about people in their garden spaces. She has now moved to France where she is just starting up a new potager garden... [Read full interview] |
People in gardens
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