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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.

A garden getaway through the best of North Wales

Continuing her series, Clare Foster recommends a trip around Anglesey and Snowdonia, staying at a historic hotel near Llandudno and visiting three notable spots nearby

The gardener bringing a thriving horticultural hub to south Yorkshire

Continuing her series, Clare Foster talks to Dean Charlton of Hooton's Walled Nursery in South Yorkshire about his vision to develop it into a thriving and inspiring horticultural hub for the local community

Why you should embrace the untidy edges of your garden

Biodiversity and creative planting go hand in hand in a messy border

How to do a tour of Essex and Suffolk's loveliest gardens

With a beautiful pub as your base, this is the garden tour to embark on when in Essex and Suffolk

How to do a tour of the Cotswolds' best gardens

If gardens are your thing, these are the ones to incorporate into a trip around the beautiful Cotswold region

Our garden editor launches a Create Academy course on growing flowers from seed

Growing from seed is a subject close to our garden editor's heart, and in her new course from Create Academy, you can get all the advice you'll need to do it yourself

How the Horniman Museum is reinventing its gardens for a sustainable future

Continuing her series, Clare Foster talks to Errol Fernandes about how becoming head of horticulture at the Horniman Museum & Garden relates to his advocacy of access, diversity and sustainability.