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“garden-making, our great national art form…” Tim Richardson.

“When I say to people my primary focus at Sissinghurst is romance and beauty, they are shocked and seem unbelieving. Folk generally consider gardens to be about plants and horticulture.” Troy Scott-Smith, previous head gardener, Sissinghurst.

“Works of beauty, ambition and mastery are not obscure. They can remind all of us of our common heroic potential. They expand our dreams, and make us less alone.” Mark Sidwell

There’s nothing else in the garden media world like thinkinGardens. You’ll find a collection of challenging, entertaining and exciting garden writing, all contributed for free by some of our very best garden writers. Where else could you find garden writing as good (and honest) as this?

Otherworldly Gardens by Mary Keen

“The question to ask is, ‘what is here that is true, that is underneath the superficial things? What is here that matters?”

Autobiography of a Garden by Patterson Webster: a review

Autobiography of a Garden is about the garden making, Pat’s life, the history of the land, the ideas, the art, the plants and the devouring deer.

Garden regionally, get inspired globally by Marianne Willburn

But to dream, and perhaps more importantly, to innovate, we should inspire ourselves globally:

Chelsea or Chaumont? by Catharine Howard

“Have issue.  You were so adamant that you wouldn’t go to Chelsea again.  Discuss, please”.

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Anne Wareham, Editor

“Gardening is not a rational activity.” ~ Margaret Atwood

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