Garden People: Clare Foster, garden writer
Photo credit: Clare Foster, Andrew Montgomery
My guest is Clare Foster, the Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine in the UK. Clare is the author of numerous books, including The Flower Garden, in collaboration with photographer Sabina Rüber, and more recently 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
L I S T E N
S H O W N O T E S
Rosie Atkins, book edited by Rosie on gardener profiles
Winter Gardens published with photographer Andrew Montgomery
Clare’s Compost book
Clare’s book The Flower Garden: How to Grow Flowers from Seed, in collaboration with photographer Sabina Rüber
Andrew Montgomery’s Petersham book
Ouldof’s Designing with Plants book
P L A N T L I S T
Myosotis perennial Forget-me-not
Lunaria annua - honesty ‘corfu blue’
Ammi majus - ‘False Queen Anne’s Lace’
Cynoglossum Chinese forget-me-not mystery lavender
Agastache aurantiaca, ‘Navajo Sunset’
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
Photos: Clare Foster
