Ben Dark

Ben Dark is a head gardener, award-winning broadcaster and landscape historian. He’s been described as ‘the millennial Monty’ by Gardeners’ World Magazine, ‘the future of horticulture’ by Horticulture Week and was named Gardening Journalist of the Year at the 2022 Garden Media Awards. He graduated with a degree in History from Bristol University and went on to study Horticulture at Capel Manor College, before completing his education with a traineeship at the Garden Museum and an MA in Garden and Landscape History at the University of London’s Institute of Historical Research. As a gardener he has worked for embassies, cemeteries, heritage bodies and oligarchs. He has organized a private flower show for the Royal Family and helped to build gold-medal winning gardens on the main avenue at the Chelsea Flower Show. As the creator and host of both the Dear Gardener and award-winning Garden Log podcasts he frequently speaks to gardening groups and industry events. Ben has written about plants for the Telegraph and has been featured in the Independent, Gardens Illustrated and the Financial Times.