Jane Margaret Fearnley-Whittingstall (''née'' Lascelles) (born 1939 in

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, London) is a writer and garden designer with a diploma in landscape architecture. She won two gold medals at the

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Personal life

Daughter of Colonel John Hawdon Lascelles

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of the

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and Janet Hamilton Campbell Kidston, she and her husband, Robert Fearnley-Whittingstall, of a landed gentry family formerly of

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and Hawkswick,

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, have two children: Sophy and

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, the celebrity chef. They have six grandchildren.

Career

She gained a Diploma in Landscape Architecture from Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in 1980 and has designed numerous gardens in the UK and abroad. From 2005 to 2007 she wrote a weekly column about family life, in ''

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''. She has also written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Woman's Weekly'', '' The Garden'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Books

*'' Rose Gardens: Their History and Design'' (Chatto and Windus 1989) *''Historic Gardens: A Guide to 160 British Gardens of Interest'' (Webb and Bower 1990) *''Ivies'' (Chatto and Windus 1992) *'' Gardening Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Planning, Preparing, Planting, Maintaining and Enjoying Your Garden'' (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1995) *''Garden Plants Made Easy'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997) *''Peonies - the Imperial Flower'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999) *''The Garden: an English Love Affair'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2002) *'' The Good Granny Guide: Or How to Be a Modern Grandmother'' (Short Books Ltd 2005) (illustrated by Alex Fox) *''The Good Granny Diary'' (Short Books Ltd 2006) (illustrated by Alex Fox) *''The Good Granny Cookbook'' (Short Books Ltd 2007) *''The Good Granny Companion'' (Short Books Ltd 2008) *''For Better for Worse - a light-hearted guide to wedded bliss'' (Short Books 2010), also published as 'Happily Ever After' (Marble Arch Press New York 2013) *''The Ministry of Food - Thrifty wartime ways to feed your family today'' (Hodder & Stoughton 2010) *''The Pocket Book of Good Grannies'' (Short Books 2011) Source:List of publications at Amazon
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