Gareth Richards is Associate Editor of The Garden magazine, a monthly publication for the RHS's 600k+ membership. He also curates and co-hosts the weekly Gardening with the RHS podcast. Gareth has a BSc (Hons) in Horticulture from Writtle University College and is a keen gardener and allotmenteer.

His many interests include a special fondness for wildlife and eco-friendly gardening, Mediterranean plants, botanising and growing unusual edibles. Gareth gardened in France, Italy and New Zealand before settling back in the UK.

He's written magazine articles for The English Garden, Garden News and The Garden and is author of two books, Do Bees Need Weeds? (with Holly Farrell, Mitchell Beazley, 2020) and RHS Weeds - The beauty and uses of 50 vagabond plants (Welbeck, 2021). He's also a contributing author to RHS Grow Your Own Veg Through the Year (Mitchell Beazley, 2025) and 1001 Plants You Must Grow Before You Die (Cassell, 2016).