The people behind the gardens

Lives of the Great Gardeners by Stephen Anderton, Thames& Hudson, €30 approx.

If I’m being honest with you, I normally switch off when people start talking about different schools of garden design and varying styles. It’s not that I’m uninterested nor that I wish to be rude, but to me, each garden designer does their own thing and works on the basis of what they feel is right for the site.

Each garden space is different and each garden designer is different, and this is what makes the word of gardening and design so magical; that any space can be designed and developed in as many different ways as there are individuals.