Learn the Wild Way of gardening, the ecological approach to gardens blending regenerative plant community design with contemporary style.
I’m a lifelong nature lover, gardener and writer. After changing career to landscape design, I’ve shared everything I’ve learnt in columns and features for Gardeners’ World, The Guardian, Gardens Illustrated, Telegraph Gardening and others. My best selling books are Wild about Weeds and A Greener Life with Laurence King Publishing. My new book with Bloomsbury Green Books will be released in 2026.
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Subscribe to Wild Way: advanced gardening for nature by Jack Wallington
Learn to grow stylish wildflower plant communities in your garden for wildlife. Plus how to apply these advanced gardening techniques to grow food easily. Based in the exposed Yorkshire garden of award winning garden writer Jack Wallington.
