{{Short description|British gardener}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox academic | name = Noel Kingsbury | image = Noel Kingsbury.jpg | caption = Kingsbury in 2013 | occupation = [[Garden designer]], writer |alma_mater=[[University of Sheffield]]|thesis_title=An investigation into the performance of species in ecologically based ornamental herbaceous vegetation, with particular reference to competition in productive environments|thesis_url=http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12860/|thesis_year=2008}}
'''Noel Kingsbury''' is a British [[garden designer]] and writer on gardening, plant sciences and related topics. He is best known for his promotion of naturalistic planting design in gardens and designed landscapes (e.g. the 1996 publication of 'The New Perennial Garden', pub. Frances Lincoln, London), and his collaboration with Dutch garden and landscape designer [[Piet Oudolf]] on books on planting design.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Spencer-Jones|first=Rae|title=Who's Who - Noel Kingsbury|journal=Gardens Illustrated|date=Nov 2005|issue=November}}</ref> He writes occasionally for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''Gardens Illustrated'' magazine and ''The Garden'' - the membership magazine of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]. He has worked with [[Nigel Dunnett]] of the University of Sheffield on the first book in English on green roof and related 'green architecture' technologies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Roofs|url=http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/clc/1722036}}</ref> In collaboration with [[Tim Richardson (writer)|Tim Richardson]] Kingsbury has edited ''Vista, the Culture and Politics of Gardens'' and co-chairs events at the [[Garden Museum]] in London under the title 'Vista'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vista|url=http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/vista|publisher=Garden Museum, London|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref> He has worked with several notable garden photographers, such as [[Marianne Majerus]] and [[Andrea Jones]].
Kingsbury earned a doctorate from the [[University of Sheffield]] in 2009, for a thesis on the ''Long term performance of ornamental herbaceous vegetation''. He continues to research in this area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Author Profile|url=http://www.timberpress.com/author/no%C3%ABl_kingsbury/1081|publisher=Timber Press, Portland|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref>
Kingsbury has also written a history of [[plant breeding]], ''Hybrid, The History and Science of Plant Breeding'' (2009).
==Books==
* {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=The Indoor Gardener: Creative Displays for Every Home |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |year=1996 |isbn=9780747278658}} * {{Cite book |last1=Potter |first1=Jennifer |title=Secret Gardens |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Conran Octopus |year=1998 |isbn=9781850299622}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=Natural Gardening in Small Spaces |publisher=Frances Lincoln |year=2003 |isbn=9780711220157}} * {{Cite book |last1=Dunnett |first1=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8E3AQAAIAAJ |title=Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Timber Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780881929119}} * {{Cite book |last1=Oudolf |first1=Piet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxpbPwAACAAJ |title=Designing with Plants |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Conran Octopus |year=2009 |isbn=9781840915266}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95ElEAAAQBAJ |title=Hybrid: The History & Science of Plant Breeding |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780226437132}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJrMcQAACAAJ |title=Garden Designers at Home: The Private Spaces of the World's Leading Designers |publisher=Pavilion Books |year=2011 |isbn=9781862058422}} * {{Cite book |last1=Oudolf |first1=Piet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7dvDwAAQBAJ |title=Landscapes in Landscapes |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=The Monacelli Press |year=2011 |isbn=9789089892850 |author-link=}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVl7AAAAQBAJ |title=Daffodil: The Remarkable Story of the World's Most Popular Spring Flower |publisher=Timber Press |year=2013 |isbn=9781604693188}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=Gardening with Perennials: Lessons from Chicago's Lurie Garden |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780226437453}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=Hidden Histories: Trees |publisher=Timber Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781604696172}} * {{Cite book |last1=Oudolf |first1=Piet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CbhvDwAAQBAJ |title=Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman's Life |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Monacelli Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781580934183}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtD8DAAAQBAJ |title=Garden Flora: The Natural and Cultural History of the Plants in Your Garden |publisher=Timber Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781604697735}} * {{Cite book |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Noel |title=New Small Garden: Contemporary Principles, Planting and Practice |last2=de Ridder |first2=Maayke |publisher=Frances Lincoln |year=2016 |isbn=9780711236806}} * {{Cite book |last1=Oudolf |first1=Piet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VouUCwAAQBAJ |title=Planting: A New Perspective |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Timber Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781604697315}} * {{Cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Jimi |title=A Beautiful Obsession: Jimi Blake's World of Plants at Hunting Brook Gardens |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Noel |publisher=Filbert Press |year=2019 |isbn=9781999734527}} * {{Cite book |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Noel |title=Wild, the Naturalistic Garden |last2=Takacs |first2=Calire |publisher=Phaidon |year=2022 |isbn=9781838661052}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=Piet Oudolf At Work |publisher=Phaidon Press |year=2023 |isbn=9781838664244}} * {{Cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Noel |title=The Story of Flowers and How They Changed the Way we Live |publisher=Orion |year=2023 |isbn=9780857829207}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.noelkingsbury.com}} * {{URL|https://www.learningwithexperts.com/gardening}} * ''[http://www.timberpress.com/books/planting/oudolf/9781604693706 Planting: A New Perspective, with Piet Oudolf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027124204/http://www.timberpress.com/books/planting/oudolf/9781604693706 |date=27 October 2018 }}'' (2013)
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