From a gardening photographer…
Hello! My name is Elliott Neep. For 20 years, I worked as a freelance wildlife photographer, author, and safari guide, but gardening has become such an overwhelming passion, I am now making the transition to garden photography and gardening content creator.
Since 2018, I’ve been head over booted-heels in love with gardening. I’ve designed and created five distinct gardens around my 17th century cottage, all organic, peat free and no-dig. Although I’ve devoured countless gardening books, I always learn best by doing. Since 2019, I’ve shared my gardening journey on Instagram, amassing over 60,000 followers along the way. The photography skills definitely help!
Occupation: Photographer / Gardening content creator
Where: South Oxfordshire, England
Methodology: Simple, relaxed, romantic, instinctive, ethical
Known for: No-dig flower garden, White Courtyard Garden
Inspired by: Monty Don, Charles Dowding, Beth Chatto, Christo & Fergus
Why am I here on Substack?
It’s simple. I want to share more of my knowledge and experience! So much more! As much as I love Instagram and the fabulous gardening community, 2,200 characters just isn’t enough space for me. I’m always butting up against the limit before I’ve even got round to the damned hashtagging. So many gardening subjects need more heft and depth. They do! Bullet points just won’t cut it.
What can you expect from me?
There will be plenty of illustrated ‘How to…’ gardening features. Lots of practical tips and advice, seasonal jobs, gardening organically, how I go about creating and maintaining my own no-dig gardens, all mingled with success, failure, and hard learned lessons.
In fact, I will be sharing absolutely everything I’ve come to learn about gardening. All the information I’ve consumed over the years. All the experience from my gardens. All repackaged with my own brand of photography and a slightly whimsical slant.
For starters, there will be a weekly edition, posted for the weekend, with larger subjects broken down into more easily digestible portions. There will be paid subscriptions at some point in the future, but for now, I am just here to share and to find out whether anyone else really likes what I am sharing!
