Mike Buffin is currently Parks and Gardens Advisor for the National Trust, having been the Curator at the prestigious Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire where he was responsible for the horticultural and botanical care of a large collection of trees. He trained and worked at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and The Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. Mike has also created and designed a wealth of different gardens using trees, including the winter and memorial gardens at Hillier Gardens. He contributes regularly to the RHS Garden magazine as well as to various other publications.

Peter Anderson is a highly respected photographer, specialising in gardens, landscapes and people. His work has appeared in a number of books including Timpson's Timepaths and The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening, and in several gardening and home interest magazines, among them Gardeners' World and Homes and Gardens.