Charles Dowding develops and explains time- and labour-saving methods of high-yielding nature-friendly gardening. He has written ten books and an annual calendar of sowing dates, runs a YouTube channel with 36 million views, writes for national gardening magazines, and gives talks and courses at home and abroad. He has created three online courses: No Dig Gardening, Course 1; Growing Success Course 2. His third online course appeared in 2021.
He has been growing professionally since 1982, and has been experimenting with No Dig methods for the past 20 years. His current site at Homeacres is well known for its rapid transformation from weedy pasture to beautiful garden in just a half-year (see the video “No Dig Abundance” on Youtube). Currently he crops an intensive 0.35 acres/1300 square metres, and sells £20,000 of harvests—mainly salad leaves—locally.
Stephanie Hafferty is a professional organic no dig kitchen gardener, writer and chef, specialising in seasonal plant-based food. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of growing and cooking good food to feed families and communities. She specialises in making organic, biodegradable, zero plastic, zero waste beautiful products for the home and garden. Her first book, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, co-authored with Charles Dowding, has so far sold over 30,000 copies and won Practical Book of the Year Award at the prestigious Garden Writer’s Guild in 2017. She is also the author of The Creative Kitchen (2018).