Roger Turner (garden designer)
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Roger Turner is a British
garden design
er and writer of gardening
-related non-fiction
books. He trained as an architect, and now practises as a garden designer
in Gloucestershire
, England
. He lectures widely on garden subjects, and is the author of several gardening books.
Roger Turner gives talks on a wide range of gardening subjects, specialising in perennials of all kinds, garden design and garden history. He trained as an architect and now works as a landscape design
er. He is a knowledgeable plantsman
, active in the Hardy Plant Society, and a founding member of the Gloucestershire group of the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.
Author of the monograph Euphorbias, Roger Turner's earlier books include Better Garden Design and Capability Brown. He contributes to a number of journals and magazines including Hortus and The English Garden. He designed an award-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1983, and two gardens and pavilions at the Garden Festival in South Wales in 1992. Roger Turner travels widely and has lectured in the USA, Ireland and throughout the UK.
United Kingdom
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garden design
Garden design
Garden design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise...
er and writer of gardening
Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants are grown for consumption , for their dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use...
-related non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
books. He trained as an architect, and now practises as a garden designer
Garden designer
The term garden designer can refer either to an amateur or a professional who designs the plan and features of gardens. Amateurs design their gardens for their own properties. Professionals, with experienced skills, design gardens that benefit clients...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He lectures widely on garden subjects, and is the author of several gardening books.
Roger Turner gives talks on a wide range of gardening subjects, specialising in perennials of all kinds, garden design and garden history. He trained as an architect and now works as a landscape design
Landscape design
Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice landscape design bridges between landscape architecture and garden design.-Design scope:...
er. He is a knowledgeable plantsman
Plantsman
A plantsman is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable gardener , nurseryman or nurserywoman. "Plantsman" can refer to a male or female person, though the terms plantswoman, or even plantsperson, are sometimes used....
, active in the Hardy Plant Society, and a founding member of the Gloucestershire group of the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.
Author of the monograph Euphorbias, Roger Turner's earlier books include Better Garden Design and Capability Brown. He contributes to a number of journals and magazines including Hortus and The English Garden. He designed an award-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1983, and two gardens and pavilions at the Garden Festival in South Wales in 1992. Roger Turner travels widely and has lectured in the USA, Ireland and throughout the UK.