Jane Garmey is the author of Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley, Private Gardens of Connecticut (both published by The Monacelli Press), Great British Cooking: A Well-Kept Secret, and Great New British Cooking, and editor of The Writer in the Garden. She has written numerous articles on gardens and interior design for newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle Décor, and 1stDibs, and for many years she was the garden correspondent for Town & Country.

Mick Hales is a well-known photographer of gardens and landscapes and interior design. He is the author of Gardens Around the World: 365 Days, and the photographer for numerous books, including In the Neoclassic Style (Melanie Fleischmann), Gardens of the World (Penelope Hobhouse and Elvin McDonald with foreword by Audrey Hepburn), The Gardens of California (Nancy Goslee Power), Antique Garden Ornaments (Barbara Israel), 212 Views of Central Park (Sandee Brawarsky), Gardens Private and Personal: A Garden Club of America Book (Nancy D'Oench and Bonny Martin), and Flower Arranging: The American Way (the World Association of Flower Arrangers).