Jamie Compton has worked as a botanical adviser on every issue of Gardens Illustrated since it began in 1993. Here, he reflects on the last 30 years of the magazine. <\/p>

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This was my introduction to Gardens Illustrated<\/em> that persisted first to John Brown\u2019s next much-enlarged premises off Bramley Road, north Kensington. Then, after John Brown had sold the magazine to the BBC, on to their media offices near the Westway in White City, by then under editor Clare Foster in a huge open-plan office.<\/p>\n
Following a convenient (for me) move to Bristol and subsequent BBC sale to Immediate Media, it was by then Juliet Roberts at the helm, followed by Lucy Bellamy and more recently Stephanie Mahon.<\/p>\n
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I have been involved as a writer and consultant botanical adviser on every issue of the magazine since the beginning. It satisfies what Claudia Zeff required for the readership, namely a high quality magazine produced by garden writers, designers, historians and keen gardeners of every make, shape and kind.<\/p>\n
The photographs are always of great quality and the team of editors among the best in the magazine world. My friends, who number among them botanists, professional gardeners and garden designers all read Gardens Illustrated<\/em>. It has inspired and entertained them in equal measure and has had an enormous impact on horticulture throughout the UK and beyond.<\/p>\n
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