An Anarchist in the Garden

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Every gardener knows the struggle: the desire to impose order set against nature’s determination to do as it pleases. But where should we draw the line between cultivation and control, or between wildness and neglect?

Garden writer Mary Keen, landscape designer Catherine FitzGerald and ecological designer Lulu Urquhart bring distinctive personalities, tastes and philosophies to this perennial argument. Together they explore how our gardens express who we are, while asking what beauty and good stewardship mean in an age of climate change, dwindling biodiversity and growing unease about imported plants, seasonal disruption and the resources our gardens consume. Ben Goldsmith attempts to keep order.