Brian Hawtin has been designing & building gardens since 1980. He grew up in Sutton Coldfield & moved to Surrey in 1987. He achieved an honours degree in Garden Design from Greenwich University in 1999 & now lectures on the course. He writes on garden matters for several local & regional publications & presents seminars on a variety of garden topics. He has worked both in front of & behind the camera on garden programmes for ITV & the BBC.

He is a member of the Guild of Landscape Designers (GoLD)

Brian Hawtin is married with one daughter. His hobbies include dog showing, golf & (of course), gardening.