Clare Foster is Garden Editor at House and Garden magazine and a freelance garden journalist. After starting her career in book publishing, she spent nine years at Gardens Illustrated magazine, latterly as Editor. Clare has also always gardened herself, first on an allotment in London, and now in her garden in the Berkshire Downs. She is the author of 4 books, including The Flower Garden, How to Grow Flower from Seed. Andrew Montgomery has been a photographer all his life. He has shot for all the top lifestyle magazines including House and Garden, Vogue, Architectural Digest and Gardens Illustrated. His first book commission was Jasper Conran's Country, and more than 20 titles followed, including books for Gill Meller and Petersham Nurseries.