About
Jamie Butterworth
Plantsman, broadcaster, author and nursery founder
Jamie Butterworth is a horticulturist and presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. He designs planting for private gardens, show gardens and public spaces, founded the peat-free nursery Form Plants, and wrote What Grows Together, an instant Sunday Times bestseller. He trained at RHS Garden Wisley and has been an RHS Ambassador since 2016.
Photo: Ollie Dixon- BBC Gardeners' World
- Presenter since 2023
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show
- Gold medal 2022, the Place2Be Securing Tomorrow Garden
- RHS Chatsworth
- Best in Show 2019, plus Gold, People's Choice and Best Construction
- Sunday Times bestseller
- What Grows Together, DK, 2025
- Form Plants
- Founder of the peat-free nursery, 2020
“Plants lead everything I do: they're my passion, my purpose, and the heart of my work. As a plantsman, designer and grower, I'm guided by their beauty, resilience and ability to transform spaces, inspire people and bring life to every project I'm part of.”Jamie Butterworth
What Jamie does
Four sides of one passion
Planting design
Online consultations, garden visits and planting plans for gardens across the UK and abroad, and bespoke projects for estates, brands and public spaces.
Consultancy
Form Plants
The peat-free nursery Jamie founded in Surrey in 2020, growing British plants for designers, private estates and royal residences.
formplants.com
Television
A presenter on BBC Gardeners' World since September 2023, and part of the BBC's RHS Chelsea Flower Show coverage and ITV's Love Your Weekend.
TV and media
Books and talks
Author of What Grows Together and RHS 50 Plants You Can't Kill, and a speaker at festivals, garden clubs and events.
BooksThe story so far
From a Wakefield vegetable patch to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
- 1994
Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
- Aged 9
Watching Monty Don on Gardeners' World sparks a lifelong love of plants.
- Aged 12
Makes his first vegetable garden, at his grandparents' home.
- Aged 16
Finalist in BBC Young Gardener of the Year.
- 2015
Graduates with distinction from RHS Garden Wisley, after studying at Askham Bryan College.
- 2016
Becomes an RHS Ambassador.
- 2019
Publishes RHS 50 Plants You Can't Kill. The Wedgwood 260th Anniversary Garden wins Gold, Best in Show, People's Choice and Best Construction at RHS Chatsworth.
- 2020
Founds Form Plants. Creates the AMAFFI Scented Garden for NHS staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
- 2021
Designs the RHS Garden for a Green Future at Hampton Court.
- 2022
His first RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden, the Place2Be Securing Tomorrow Garden, wins Gold.
- 2023
First appearance on BBC Gardeners' World. Project manages Jihae Hwang's Gold medal garden, A Letter from a Million Years Past.
- 2024
Leads the planting team for the Gucci Cruise 2025 show at Tate Modern, and designs the Money Saving Garden at Hampton Court.
- 2025
What Grows Together becomes an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Plants and project manages Monty Don's RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden.
- 2026
Builds the living garden for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, designed by stage designer Amalie White and delivered by Spectaculars, and Out of the Shadows with Will Young at RHS Wisley.
How Jamie works
Plants first, always
A plantsman first
Every project starts with the plants: what will thrive in that soil and light, and how plants will look together through every season, not just on planting day.
Grown responsibly
Form Plants is peat-free, and Jamie's planting favours resilient, long-lived plants that suit a changing climate and support wildlife.
Gardening for everyone
From the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to a single border, the aim is the same: to make gardening feel possible and to share the joy of growing.
Today
Between the Eden Valley and Surrey
Jamie divides his time between the Eden Valley in Cumbria, where he is making his own garden from scratch and sharing it on Gardening with Jamie on YouTube, and Surrey, home of Form Plants.
Alongside the nursery and filming, he works on planting projects across the UK and abroad, from private gardens to large-scale installations.
Work with Jamie
Online consultations, garden visits, planting plans and bespoke projects.
Planting and consultancyMedia, TV and partnerships
For television, books and brand work, contact The Soho Agency. Biography, headshots and credits are available on request.
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