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Poppy Okocha, at her garden in the heart of Totnes, South Devon
Meet the gardeners

Poppy Okocha: Our gardens may be small but they are a patchwork quilt of opportunity

Neil Lucas, Knoll Gardens
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Neil Lucas on ornamental grasses and good-sense gardening

Pots of Style, designed by Jenny Barnes
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Designer Cleve West
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Cleve West: the Chelsea gold-winning, vegan designer behind Horatio’s Garden

Georgia Smith
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Georgia Smith: Favourite garden? Beth Chatto’s is a blueprint for how to plant a garden

Tijana Blanusa
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Tijana Blanusa on green façades and the science behind the best hedging plants

Huw Richards
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Huw Richards on his journey to gardening

Olivia Chapple
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Olivia Chapple: co-founder of charity Horatio’s Garden

Vanessa Easlea
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Vanessa Easlea on how Covid has sparked a rise in gardeners

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portrait of James Todman, topiarist
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James Todman on the art of topiary

JOHN LITTLE photo Charlie Hopkinson ©
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John Little on green roofs, reusing waste materials and helping the environment

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Harry Hoblyn, head gardener at Charleston, on composting and learning to make mistakes

Whos Who - Dave Root (29th April 2022)
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Nurseryman Dave Root on growing show plants and why he relishes a challenge

Molly Higginson, co-chair of the Young People in Horticulture Association
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Mollie Higginson, co-chair of Young People in Horticulture Association

Fanny Wilkinson blue plaque from English Heritage
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Who was Fanny Wilkinson?