A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. The terms encompasses persons from different walks of life involved in gardening from any number of aspects, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the homeowner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard or the head gardener in a large estate.

Gardening has a long history, and there have been pioneering gardeners of note such as landscapers and those who created or expanded the idea of the "no-dig" garden. In addition, television lifestyle programs have spawned a number of celebrity gardeners.

Notable gardeners

• Luis Barragan
• Geoffrey Bawa
• Lancelot "Capability" Brown
• Carolus Clusius
• Esther Dean
• A. J. Downing
• Ian Hamilton Finlay
• C. Z. Guest
• Derek Jarman
• Gertrude Jekyll
• William Kent
• Andre le Notre
• Lucullus
• John Beverly Nichols
• Frederick Law Olmsted
• Russell Page
• Pliny
• Humphrey Repton
• Percy Thrower
• Alan Titchmarsh
• Vita Sackville-West
• William Shenstone
• Geoffrey Smith
• Theophrastus
• Tiberius
• John Tradescant
• Edith Wharton

See also

• garden
• gardening
• head gardener