Gardens Illustrated Magazine

'Geoff Hamilton will always be my gardening pin-up'

  was inspired by my lifetime love of gardening and drawing. I’ve been a grower and a painter for most of my life. My early ‘gardening’ was in window boxes and containers and then in small urban spaces. What started as a love of growing lilies in London led me to a big vegetable plot and an orchard in Devon. During the Covid pandemic, I started to share my garden and my interest in, as well as write it, I was thrilled.

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