About the Author

Ann-Marie Powell is an award-winning garden designer, presenter and writer focusing on innovative soft and hard landscaping in gardens. In addition to running her own garden design business, she has contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines and written two books, Hard Landscaping for the Garden (David & Charles PLC, 2003) and Urban Gardens (Cassell, 2005). Her garden for the world-famous 2010 Chelsea Flower Show won a gold medal.