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Clare Foster

After several years working in publishing, Clare Foster felt like a change of direction and took on the role of sub-editor at Gardens Illustrated. She stayed here for nine years, rising through the ranks to the role of editor. Clare joined House & Garden as garden editor in 2005: ‘I have the best job in the world: I visit gorgeous gardens, meet lovely people and then write about them.’ Her first book, 'The Flower Garden: how to grow flowers from seed', was published in 2019 by Laurence King. Read more by Clare at her website budtoseed.co.uk or follow her on Instagram at @clarefostergardens.

How to start a kitchen garden: what to do in April

In a new series, our garden editor Clare Foster lays out a month by month guide to getting a kitchen garden off the ground. In this fourth instalment, keeping weeds at bay is just one of the jobs on the list

David Pagan Butler is on a mission to get us building natural swimming ponds

David Pagan Butler is a man with a mission – to share his experience of creating a low-impact swimming pond. And, as he explains to Clare Foster, having somewhere to swim year-round is only part of the story

How to start a kitchen garden: what to do in March

In a new series, our garden editor Clare Foster lays out a month by month guide to getting a kitchen garden off the ground. In this third instalment, follow her as she starts the seed sowing process

Roots Allotments are changing the gardening landscape in the UK

Clare Foster meets the far-sighted founders of Roots Allotments, who concluded that others shared their interest in sustainable growing and frustration with the long waiting lists for council-run plots

The garden trends to know for 2024

Clare Foster tests the pulse of the garden design world to see what’s trending this year and finds that designers and their clients are tuning in to an increasingly wild aesthetic

Learn the practical skills that will help you save the planet with Earthed

Clare Foster talks to Christabel and Ruby Reed, sisters and co-founders of Earthed, a charity and digital platform that is building a growing community of people who want to take positive action against environmental decline

How to start a kitchen garden: what to do in February

In a new series, our garden editor Clare Foster lays out a month by month guide to getting a kitchen garden off the ground. In this first instalment, follow her as she prepares the soil and contemplates the seeds to sow