Jack Wallington
A Clapham-based landscape designer, Jack works anywhere around the world. He has a regular garden column for the Telegraph and his book, Wild About Weeds: Garden Design with Rebel Plants, is published by Laurence King publishing.
Recent articles by Jack Wallington
One man transformed his boring lawn into an incredible naturalistic garden that evokes top designers - here's how he did it
After having a lawned family garden for
many years, Steven Medley upped his game
to create a richly layered space
It's official - gardening for wildlife is actually better for your health too
It turns out that gardening for wildlife is just as good for us humans as it is for the birds
and bees, says Jack Wallington, which makes supporting biodiversity its own reward
Our gardens are slowing disappearing: can we turn the tide on the concrete crisis?
The UK’s gardens are slowly disappearing beneath concrete and paving.
Jack Wallington asks what we can do to halt the trend
The Great British Gardening Festival? We should aim higher than Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show shines a light on horticulture for a week every year, but is there a better way to bring gardening to the masses, asks Jack Wallington
This is what happens when a garden designer couple with wildly different tastes take on a new home garden
Around their Cumbrian home, designers
Julie Toll and Ian Kitson have created a contemporary garden fully embedded in its heritage location.
How to keep your garden looking great through autumn
Keeping interest going in the garden into autumn isn't as hard as it may seem. There are plenty of plants that offer flowers and foliage now.
Easy lawn alternatives: here are six plants that will work as an alternative to grass for your lawn and are easier to maintain
A lawn doesn't have to consist of grass. Here are six beautiful alternatives that will cover the ground and give you a green look, without the need to mow.
How to enjoy an attractive lawn with less effort
Want a lawn, but don't want the effort of maintaining it? Garden designer Jack Wallington shows how you can have the best of both worlds.
No more weeding? The new lazy way to garden makes it easy to manage and really ecological
Lovely, low maintenance and good for wildlife? Jack Wallington is experimenting with plant vigour to make his own garden both ecological and easy to manage
Inspiring gardens | York Gate in Leeds
York Gate in Leeds may be relatively small, but this historic, late 20th-century family garden is one of horticulture’s brightest gems. Words Jack Wallington, photographs Richard Bloom.
Contemporary designs from Alistair Baldwin on a medieval burgage plot
A sensitive contemporary design from Alistair Baldwin has drawn out the unique history of a medieval burgage plot, once a hive of industry, nestled on the slope of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire. Photographs Eva Nemeth
Book review | RHS How to Garden When You Rent by Matthew Pottage
An enjoyable guide to gardening in rented spaces by the youngest-ever curator of RHS Garden Wisley, also known as the gardener for generation rent. Reviewer Jack Wallington is a garden designer and author.
Book review | No Fear Gardening by Charlie Hart
An easy to follow book that aims to calm the nerves of novice gardeners by explaining an array of garden tasks and botanical names
Designers choose the plants they love for 2020
We asked the experts which plants they are most excited about growing in their gardens in 2020
OPINION | Climate change means we should learn to love weeds
Landscape designer Jack Wallington's new book focuses on the benefits of weeds. Here's why climate change should make weeds more attractive to gardeners