Caroline Tilston is a writer and garden designer. After taking a degree at Oxford, she worked for over a decade in television journalism. She later trained to be a gardener with the National Trust and now writes for newspapers and magazines as well as running a successful, award-winning garden design studio. She has two children, aged two and five.

Juliette Wade has been taking inspirational photographs of gardens for over a decade. She has worked for the magazines Gardens Illustrated, Garden Inspirations, Homes & Gardens, Country Living, Country Homes and Interiors and Practical Gardening. Other book projects include: Bunny Guinness’s Family Gardens, DK’s RHS Encyclopedia and DIY Garden Surfaces and DIY Water Features.