My guest is Clare Foster, the Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine in the UK.  Clare is the author of numerous books, including the gorgeous Winter Gardens with photographer Andrew Montgomery. 

Clare’s writing is such a pleasure to read and she has brought me closer to some of my favorite plants and gardens. Join us to hear about Clare’s career as a garden writer and her development as a gardener, as well as some of the principles at play in her own garden, which is an inspiring example of low(ish) input, high reward design from a gardener who has access to some of the most beautiful spaces and guides in the world.

** The first printing of Winter Gardens sold out quickly and a reprint has been ordered, which Clare and Andrew hope to make available by late summer.  You can find links in the show notes to follow them for ordering information.**

Garden People podcast, from @violetear_studio

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S H O W N O T E S

Thames & Hudson

Gardens Illustrated

Rosie Atkins, book edited by Rosie on gardener profiles

House & Garden

Winter Gardens published with photographer Andrew Montgomery

Clare’s Compost book

Beth Chatto

Clare’s book The Flower Garden: How to Grow Flowers from Seed, in collaboration with photographer Sabina Rüber

Helen Dillon

Andrew Montgomery’s Petersham book

Piet Ouldof 

Ouldof’s Designing with Plants book

Dan Pearson

Ngoc Minh Ngo

Arne Maynard

P L A N T L I S T

Tulips

Myosotis perennial Forget-me-not

Lunaria annua - honesty ‘corfu blue’

Ammi majus - ‘False Queen Anne’s Lace’

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cynoglossum Chinese forget-me-not mystery lavender

Agastache aurantiaca, ‘Navajo Sunset’

Stipa gigantea

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' 

Aster umbulatas - flat topped aster

Symphyotrichum turbinellum (smooth violet prairie aster)

Dusty pink Campanula lactiflora from Clare’s garden - Campanula Loddon Anna

Clare’s granny’s shrub Clerodendrum trichotomum

Teucrium fruticans

Phlomis russeliana

Echinacea

Penstemon ‘garnet’