Curious Gardeners

Guy Cooper and Gordon Taylor (aka The Curious Gardeners) are a British/American duo who had a couple of BBC TV series where they toodled around the country in a wonderfully batty blue car and looked at gardens.

Between them they have written 14 books on gardens and garden design and have a thriving design practice, CooperTaylor Designs  One of their most famous garden designs was for Sir. Elton John.

I can’t imagine a more exciting job than to travel around the world, visit exquisite gardens and write and design for clients with unlimited budgets.  The two are very entertaining.  I first discovered their work when I picked up a book "Mirrors of Paradise" they had written about Ferdinand Currunco --  I think one of the most exciting designers working today.

Other books include Gardens of Obsession, Gardens for the Future, and Paradise Transformed and Six Elements of Garden Design in which they they visit 50 of the greatest gardens in Britain, some traditional and some contemporary and discuss six elements that make a successful garden:- form, water, sculpture, plants, time, and materials.