Kindest Garden

Marian Boswall is a leading landscape architect and horticulturalist, was a lecturer in Historic Garden Conservation at Greenwich University for several years and is a co-founder of the Sustainable Landscape Foundation. Her projects invest in the land for the very long term and wellness is a deeply embedded ethos: Marian works with the way the land can heal and connect us on all levels; in early 2020 she gave a TedX talk on how our gardens can care for us and the earth. Marian writes and lectures on sustainable design and was awarded the Garden Columnist of the Year in 2019. She has also been featured as a Country Life ‘Top 50’ Garden Designer, House & Garden ‘Top 50’ UK Garden Designer and Country and Town House ‘Top 10’ Garden Designer. Marian's first book Sustainable Garden was published by Frances Lincoln in 2022. JASON INGRAM is an award-winning garden and food photographer who photographs plants, gardens and people for magazines and books. His previous published work with Frances Lincoln includes Kitchen Garden Experts, One Pot Gourmet Gardener and The Cut Flower Patch. Jason was judged Photographer of the Year by the Garden Media Guild in 2013 and 2014.

• What is regenerative gardening?Taking inspiration from large-scale regenerative projectsPractising kindnessTop ten insights for regenerative gardenersHow to use this bookPART ONE: RELATIONSHIPS –THE ELEMENTS OF THE GARDENSOIL: WHAT I S IT?Taking inspiration from the soil networkWeedsWATER: HOW DOES THE WATER CYCLE WORK?Wetland regeneration: what we can learn from large-scale projectsWater in our gardensECOSYSTEMS: THE NETWORK OF LIFEUnderstanding garden ecosystemsCreating a haven: a practical guide to planning an ecosystem gardenMATERIALS: HOW TO CHOOSE MATERIALS TO WORK WITHUnderstanding materials for gardens and landscapesENERGY: RENWABLE ENERGYHow to work with natural energyHow to work with land energyRESILIENT PLANTINGInpsiration for our gardens: large-scale woodlandsMeadowsPrairie plantingMediterranean plantingEstablishment and managementPART TWO: MEASURING OUR IMPACTWHY SHOULD WE MEAUSURE OUR IMPACT?What can we assess in our own gardens?PART THREE: CONNECTION – THE KINDEST GARDENOUR NEED FOR CONNECTIONHow gardening for nature can be gardening for ourselvesHow to build community through gardeningReconnecting with ourselvesSharing knowledge: a final noteAppendix 1: Comparison of pond linersAppendix 2: Grey water recyclingResources and further informationIndexAcknowledgements

"I found myself crying ‘yes, yes, yes!’ to every page of this beautiful, inspiring, visionary yet practical and compassionate book. This is how we can garden to restore the planet, how we can all do our bit, and enrich our lives in the process." – Isabella Tree