Andrea Jones

Andrea Jones is an award-winning garden and plant photographer whose work has taken her around the world photographing gardens, landscapes and remarkable trees. Inspired by the natural world from an early age, she studied art and photography in the South of England before embarking on a varied photographic career that has included wildlife conservation projects, publishing, commercial commissions and fine art photography.

Early in her career Andrea worked closely with Dr Jane Goodall on a number of conservation-related projects. This experience fostered a deep appreciation of the natural world and strengthened her lifelong interest in observing and recording nature through photography.

For more than three decades she has specialised in gardens, plants and the relationship between cultivated and natural landscapes. Her photographs regularly appear in books, magazines and newspapers, and she has worked with leading garden designers, landscape architects and horticultural organisations internationally.

Trees have become a particular passion. Her work on The Glory of the Tree with plant writer Dr Noel Kingsbury took her in search of exceptional specimens across Europe, Asia and North America. Subsequent projects, including The Encyclopaedia of Essential Pruning Techniques with Tony Kirkham MBE, latterly of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, deepened her appreciation of tree care, structure and longevity. She has also photographed the work of acclaimed garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, whose landscapes are often shaped by a profound understanding of trees and place.

Andrea has a longstanding connection with West Dean, having spent a year photographing the gardens and landscape for the book At West Dean. This gave her an intimate knowledge of the Gardens and Arboretum through the seasons and a deep appreciation of the trees that define the estate's character.

Now based in South Touraine, France, Andrea continues to photograph gardens, plants and trees while developing new creative projects inspired by landscape and seasonality. She is passionate about helping others look more closely, see more creatively and develop their own photographic voice.

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