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Naturalistic Garden Design Masterclass
Final words
with DAN PEARSON — Acclaimed naturalistic landscape designer. Multiple Chelsea Gold Medal Winner. OBE.
Lesson 26 of 27
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Take some time to reflect with Dan as he imparts some last words of wisdom and wishes you well on your journey to transforming your garden and becoming a custodian of the land.
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Suggested Reading
Suggested Reading
Tokachi Millennium Forest: Pioneering a New Way of Gardening with Nature by Dan Pearson and Midori Shintani
Planting: A New Perspective by Lee Young-byeong and Piet Oudolf
Natural Selection: a year in the garden by Dan Pearson
Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City by Dan Pearson and Howard Sooley
The Garden: A year at Home Farm by Dan Pearson
'Gardens of the High Line' by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke
Spirit: Garden Inspiration by Dan Pearson
The Gardens of Arne Maynard by Arne Maynard
Dig Delve
My partner Huw and I developed the concept for Dig Delve. A blog about gardens, horticulture, plants, landscapes, nature, food growing, and eating. There are four seasonal issues each year and new stories every week.
Suggested Listening
RSPB's Nature's Voice provides a library of podcasts covering many aspects of the UK's wildlife.
RHS podcasts cover a variety of gardening topics and this one from February 2020 discusses wildlife gardening.
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Your Instructor
Dan Pearson
Acclaimed naturalistic landscape designer. Multiple Chelsea Gold Medal Winner. OBE.
British landscape designer, horticulturalist and writer Dan Pearson OBE, has been designing award-winning gardens since 1987. His naturalistic use of plants, light-handed approach to design and deep-rooted horticultural knowledge has made him one of the most celebrated and innovative gardeners working today. Dan trained in horticulture at Wisley and Kew, before starting his garden and landscape design practice in 1987. In 2015, his show garden for Chatsworth and Laurent Perrier was awarded a Gold Medal and Best Show Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. In 2014 Dan was appointed an advisor to the National Trust at Sissinghurst Castle. For over 20 years Dan has written regular gardening columns, with his work a staple of The Observer, and has written a number of best-selling gardening books.
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