Gardener & Writer

Matt is a garden, landscape and travel writer, and Head Gardener at the Garden Museum in London.

 

Trained at the Botanic Garden of Wales, Matt contributes articles and essays for publications including The Guardian, Spectator, The Times, RHS's The Garden and Hortus. He writes a monthly column for the Daily Telegraph and reviews books for Gardens Illustrated. Matt has several books published internationally by Pavilion Books.

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Matt’s interests lie at the intersection between cultivated and natural environments; his latest book, Forest, Walking Among Trees (Pavilion) traces an intercontinental pathway between British trees and their wild-wooded counterparts, and was shortlisted for an Edward Stanford Travel Writing award.

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Matt is a member of the Garden Media Guild