A 100 Top Gardeners

1. Gertrude Jekyll
2. Beth Chatto
3. Alan Titchmarsh or biography
4. Clements Tony The Reverend Tony Clements established the African Violet Centre in Norfolk,
5. Geoff Hamilton or biography
6. Stefan Buczacki
7. Charlie Dimmock
8. William Robinson
9. Alan & Adrian Bloom
10. Alan Wade
11. Anna Pavord
12. Anne Swithenbank
13. Bob Flowerdew
14. David Burges
15. Dr Stefan Buczacki
16. Hugh Johnson
17. John Cushnie
18. Roy Lancaster
19. Arthur Billitt
20. Augustus Smith
21. Bill Sowerbutts
22. Helen Yemm  Daily Telegraph gardener
23. Brian Langdon
24. Bridget Moody
25. Bunny Guinness
26. C W J Unwin
27. Carol Klein
28. Carole Baxter
29. Chris Beardshaw
30. Christopher Lloyd
31. Clay Jones
32. Daphne Ledwood
33. David Bellamy
34. David Hicks
35. David Jones
36. David Roland
37. Deborah Kellaway
38. Diarmuid Gavin    Garden designer, TV host of Homefront in the Garden
39. Dr D.G. Hessayon     Expert series of books
40. Dr Shewell-Coopers
41. Duchese of Northumberland
42. Edward Hyams
43. Ellen Willmott
44. F R McQuown
45. Fred Downham
46. Fred Loads
47. Fred Streeter
48. Fred Whitsey
49. Gay Search
50. Geoff Stebbings
51. Geoffrey Smith
52. Geoffrey Taylor
53. Gordon Edwards
54. H G Lyall
55. H.G Hiller
56. Harry Dodson,  Head gardener for the BBC television show The Victorian Kitchen Garden
57. Helen Dillon
58. Inga Grimsey
59. James Russell
60. Jill Hicking
61. Joe Swift,    BBC2’s Gardeners’ World
62. Kath Dryden
63. Keith Rushforth
64. Jekka McVicar
65. Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
66. Lizzie Boyd also wrote The Practical Gardener for Readers Digest
67. M Mattock
68. George Russell
69. Matthew Biggs
70. Monty Don,   Host of BBC2’s Gardeners’ World
71. Nick Wray
72. Nigel Colborn
73. Penelope Hobhouse
74. Percy Thrower
75. Peter & Kenneth Cox    Rhododendron experts from Glendoick
76. Peter Hunt
77. Peter Robinson
78. Pippa Greenwood, Gardeners’ Question Time
79. Prince Charles Prince of Wales
80. Prof Alan Gemmell
81. Professor Alan Gemmell
82. Robert Lane – Fox
83. Ron Ewart
84. Rosemary Verey
85. Rosie Yeomans
86. Roy Genders
87. Roy Lancaster
88. Roy Strong
89. Sarah Raven, BBC2’s Gardeners’ World
90. Sid Robertson
91. Stephan Lacey
92. Sue Minter
93. Sue Phillipps
94. Tim Smit
95. Tony Hibbert
96. Tony Russell
97. Valerie Finnis
98. Vita Sackville West
99. Christine Walkden
100. Walter Gilmore
101. Adam the Gardener – Daily Express gardening strip
102. Val Bourne
103. Tony Buckland
104. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

How do you choose 100 Top Gardeners when the variety is so wide spread and the criteria so variable. This is just one list but I am happy to augment and modify the list so send in a comment if you want to nominate someone else. As you can see I couldn’t stick to just 100 and there are lots more I have missed.

The order is not a ranking in any shape or form except those with obvious links to articles within Gardeners Tips have been put at the top.

Plant hunters may be under represented as are some of the financial backers of large garden and landscape projects. In future lists there may be fewer gardeners who write and definitely fewer presenters who may or may not garden but for now the list will have to do.