This is a list of people noted for their contribution to gardening, either by working as
gardeners or
garden designers, or by commissioning famous
gardens.
It does not include the innumerable people who count
gardening among their hobbies.
Notable gardeners
The list follows gardeners or garden designers by occupation. It includes
garden designers and
landscape gardeners involved chiefly in garden design, and expert writers or broadcasters on the subject.
John Abercrombie (1726–1806), Scottish horticulturalist and garden writer
Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676), English gardener and writer on gardening
Chris Baines (born 1947), English horticulturalist and naturalist
Luis Barragán (1902–1988), Mexican planner of public gardens
William Barron (1805–1891), British landscape gardener and park designer
Other people whose primary profession was not gardening have made notable contributions to horticulture by planning or commissioning significant gardens.
Boothby, recurring character in Star Trek, groundskeeper of Starfleet Academy
Chance the Gardener in the film Being There, a simple American whose name is misheard as "Chauncey Gardiner" and accidentally becomes a Presidential advisor and candidate
Tom and Barbara Good in 1975 TV series The Good Life, a middle-class English couple who try to become
self-sufficient on the produce of their garden in
Surbiton
Souseiseki and
Suiseiseki in the manga and anime Rozen Maiden, referred to as gardeners for their ability to tend not only plants but also the "soul trees" of humans
The Chief Gardener of the Imperial Palace Grounds was a key figure on
Trantor, the galactic capitol in
Isaac Asimov's Foundation series – a high functionary with a palatial office in the enormous Imperial complex and "an army of men and women under him"[2]
There are multiple gardeners, botanists and herbologists in the Harry Potter series:
This is a list of people noted for their contribution to gardening, either by working as
gardeners or
garden designers, or by commissioning famous
gardens.
It does not include the innumerable people who count
gardening among their hobbies.
Notable gardeners
The list follows gardeners or garden designers by occupation. It includes
garden designers and
landscape gardeners involved chiefly in garden design, and expert writers or broadcasters on the subject.
John Abercrombie (1726–1806), Scottish horticulturalist and garden writer
Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676), English gardener and writer on gardening
Chris Baines (born 1947), English horticulturalist and naturalist
Luis Barragán (1902–1988), Mexican planner of public gardens
William Barron (1805–1891), British landscape gardener and park designer
Other people whose primary profession was not gardening have made notable contributions to horticulture by planning or commissioning significant gardens.
Boothby, recurring character in Star Trek, groundskeeper of Starfleet Academy
Chance the Gardener in the film Being There, a simple American whose name is misheard as "Chauncey Gardiner" and accidentally becomes a Presidential advisor and candidate
Tom and Barbara Good in 1975 TV series The Good Life, a middle-class English couple who try to become
self-sufficient on the produce of their garden in
Surbiton
Souseiseki and
Suiseiseki in the manga and anime Rozen Maiden, referred to as gardeners for their ability to tend not only plants but also the "soul trees" of humans
The Chief Gardener of the Imperial Palace Grounds was a key figure on
Trantor, the galactic capitol in
Isaac Asimov's Foundation series – a high functionary with a palatial office in the enormous Imperial complex and "an army of men and women under him"[2]
There are multiple gardeners, botanists and herbologists in the Harry Potter series: