meet the gardeners
Gravetye Manor's Tom Coward on fruit, flowers and more
Head gardener at Gravetye Manor Tom Coward on his passion for fruit, the importance of classmates and having the best education in flower gardening you could ever imagine. Portrait Charlie Hopkinson
Head gardener at Hauser and Wirth: Mark Dumbleton
As head gardener at Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Mark Dumbleton cares for the Piet Oudolf designed perennial meadow and garden. Portrait Andrew Montgomery
Meet Marc O’Neill, a former clothes designer and now a gardener
Former clothes designer Marc made the move to gardener and planting designer as a way of connecting with the outdoors that is both creative and continually challenging. Portrait Andrew Montgomery
Meet Veitch Memorial Medal holder Andy McIndoe
Andy McIndoe is the man behind 25 of Hillier’s gold-medal winning displays at Chelsea. Here he is on his love of shrubs and the importance of using planting that works. Words Annie Gatti, portrait Charlie
Horniman Museum's Wes Shaw
As head of horticulture at the Horniman Museum, Wes works closely with its curators to make connections between objects in the museum and what visitors see in the garden. Portrait Andrew Montgomery
Great Dixter's Coralie Thomas
A key member of the garden team at Great Dixter, New York native Coralie Thomas arrived in the UK in 2016 as the Chanticleer North American Christopher Lloyd Scholarship student. Portrait by Andrew Montgomery