Small Garden Design: An expert guide to making the most of your outdoor space

Author Biography

Jo Thompson is a garden designer and writer who has been working in the garden design world for 30 years. Highly regarded for her atmospheric gardens and use of colour, she is one of the world's leading plantswomen, listed by Country Living as one of the most inspirational women in horticulture in the last 200 years. She is a member of the RHS Gardens Committee and Garden Advisor for RHS Rosemoor, an RHS judge and a member of the RHS Show Gardens Selection Panel. She lectures widely, both nationally and internationally. Jo has been listed as a Top Designer in House & Garden since 2011, and in Country Life. She has ten RHS Chelsea Flower Show medals and has won one Best in Show award and one Best Urban Garden award. In 2017, she won the People's Choice award at the first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. Her previous books include The Gardener's Palette (Timber Press, July 2022) and The New Romantic Garden (Rizzoli, February 2025). The Gardening Mind online publication currently stands at no.3 in the Substack Design charts, with 15k subscribers across 149 countries and 50 US states. Jo has 70k Instagram followers.