Barbara Segall is a gardening expert and widely published garden writer, whose work appears in a number of specialist gardening publications such as BBC Gardeners' World magazine, Kitchen Garden, Country Living and Herbs. She is also Editor of The Horticulturist, the quarterly journal of The Institute of Horticulture, and is Chair of The Garden Writers Guild. She maintains a traditional garden, including a potager-style kitchen garden, at her home in Sudbury, Suffolk.