Ben Raskin is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK, and author of Zero-Waste Gardening (2021). He runs courses and training on organic growing including community orchards, and launched the Soil Association's flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben got the gardening bug working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy, and has worked in horticulture for over 20 years, including a stint as Assistant Head Gardener at the UK charity Garden Organic. He has also written The Community Gardening Handbook; Compost; Grow; and Bees, Bugs & Butterflies for Leaping Hare Press.
""Ben Raskin has created an accessible and galvanising handbook for creating community gardens. Let's Plant Grow Together is a timely resource for anyone looking to support their local community and ecology through hands-on, feel-good action."" Ellen Miles - author of Nature is A Human Right and Get Guerrilla Gardening