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Patric Richardson

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Patric Richardson is a longtime lover of beautiful textiles, developing as a child both an appreciation for wonderful clothes and amazing, service-focused department stores like Parson's and Stone & Thomas in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. He was voted best dressed in eighth grade and again in high school, and his obsession with clothes continued.In college, there was only one choice, a degree in fashion merchandising, apparel and textiles. His time at the University of Kentucky allowed Patric to hone his skills with textiles, becoming an expert in their use and care. While attending UK, he worked at the legendary...

Noël Kingsbury

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Dr. Noel Kingsbury is internationally known as an innovator and writer in the garden world. He has worked on both private gardens and public spaces developing nature-inspired planting, and has written about garden design, green roofs and the politics of gardening. A great believer in using science to inform our gardening, Noel completed a PhD with the University of Sheffield in 2008. His latest book is 'Garden Designers at Home'. He lives and gardens in the Welsh Borders near Hay-on-Wye.

Noel writes for the UK and US garden press and has written some 20 books, as well as taking on design projects...