Ben Dark

About The Author

Ben Dark is a landscape historian, award-winning broadcaster and former head gardener. He is the author of The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens, chosen by The Daily Telegraph (London) as the best gardening book of the year, and the creator and host of the award-winning Garden Log and Dear Gardener podcasts. He holds an MA in garden and landscape history from the University of London, studied horticulture, and won Journalist of the Year at the Garden Media Guild awards for his magazine journalism.

Books by Ben Dark

Green Kingdom

A Family History of Plants

A captivating exploration of the weird and wonderful ways plants have found to survive and thrive, from the earliest mosses and ferns to fragrant orchids and toxic cycads, for fans of The Light Eaters, The Serviceberry, and The Invention of Nature.

A captivat...
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