Andy sturgeon biography

He is a published author , journalist and broadcaster and an active commentator in the international garden design sector. Andy has presented gardening programmes for all the major channels including Chelsea Flower Show for the BBC since A book on larger landscapes is on its way. For that, we used York stone or concrete imitation Yorkstone, bricks and recycled railway sleepers soaked in tar, and shrubs rather than perennials.

Millstone water features with bubble fountains were de rigeur. All anyone wanted was a poor recreation of an Arts and Crafts style garden like their parents had and no-one wanted anything new. But since then people have discovered design — Habitat started it and Ikea has played its part: now everyone is design savvy. Since then there have been innovations in building products coupled with a modernist aesthetic — garden design finally moved on.

I reckon we are about 15 or 16 years into modern garden design. With this perspective, what do you foresee for the future? New materials will always play a role in ringing the changes but after a flurry of stainless steel, plastic and glass 15 years ago, all the best contemporary gardens I see nowadays rely on natural traditional materials like stone and timber as well as concrete.

You have travelled the world for your work, with projects such as the Millennium Seed Bank hunting for seeds in Kenya. How has this shaped what you do? Good design is mostly about observation so travel has shaped me and my career enormously. Seeing different natural plant communities, architectural styles and cultural idiosyncrasies are hugely important but so too is meeting different people and understanding what makes them tick.

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Andy sturgeon biography

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