A New Build Manifesto
Unlock the hidden potential of new build gardens.
Andrew Jackson
A new build gardener, with a passion for doing the most with new spaces. Creator of the ‘New Build Manifesto’. Award winning garden designer. Author, Writer in Residence at Helmsley Walled Garden
Rediscover Wonder in Your Garden With John Clare’s Wisdom
The Quiet Radical: John Clare’s influence in gardens and nature
Is Garden Style Dead? The Rise of Outdoor Sameness
The Tyranny of Taste: Why so much garden design looks the same
Where Art and Nature Converse: The Hepworth Garden’s Magic
The Hepworth Garden: A Quiet Dialogue Between Art and Nature
Beyond How-To: Embracing Imperfect, Messy Gardening
The tyranny of ‘How-To’
In Praise of Flowering Shrubs
The unsung hero of the garden
Gardening Through Grief
A reflection on how tending a garden through winter, uncertainty, and seasonal return becomes a way of living alongside grief that does not end, but endures.
Every Garden Was Once New
Learning to live with the landscapes we are still making
When The Garden Stops Performing
As winter strips the garden back to its bones, do we let it rest,or demand it still look good? A quiet reflection on beauty, intention and what we’re really asking of our gardens when the colour fades
Why the Seed is not Sacred
Letting go of garden hierarchies
A Sentence Without a Full Stop: Talking with Monet
A visitor wanders Monet’s garden at Giverny in conversation with the painter, discovering gardening as an act of patience, attention, and listening rather than control.
Essay
Whispers of Granny's Bonnets: The Quiet Confidence of Aquilegias
Aquilegias are here, and they are truly beautiful.