I’m Jane Perrone.
What I do
Photograph by Jack Orton.
I’m a freelance journalist, writing for a range of publications, including the Guardian, the Financial Times, Gardens Illustrated, RHS magazine The Garden and The English Garden.
I am a houseplant expert who presents and produces indoor gardening podcast On The Ledge (if you’re a new listener, start here).
I am the editor of an email newsletter on the houseplant scene called The Plant Ledger. Subscribe here.
I have written two books: Legends of the Leaf, which is about houseplants, and The Allotment Keeper’s Handbook. I am also the author of a boxed set of houseplant cards called Houseplant Gardener in a Box. Order your copies now.
I give talks and run workshops about houseplants and other gardening topics, both in person and on Zoom. Want to book a talk for your gardening group, company or organisation? Drop me a line.
I offer garden designers and landscape architects a proofing and copy writing service to help their written communications - from websites to bid proposals - hit the mark.
Who I am
I have a background in news journalism, spending more than 20 years working in local newspapers, then joining the Guardian as a reporter online and working my way up to an online news desk editor. In 2008 I became gardening editor at the Guardian, editing the gardens pages of Weekend magazine, making the Sow, Grow, Repeat podcast with Alys Fowler and writing features, news stories and blogposts. I left in 2017 to become fully freelance.
I regularly give talks to gardening groups and societies, appear on gardening podcasts (my own and others’) and give interviews on the radio about everything from slugs to succulents.
I like growing houseplants inside and raising weird veg in my garden, and walking in the countryside with my hound Wolfie.
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Cuttings
I write for a range of publications, including The Guardian, The Financial Times, Garden Design Journal, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden and Grow Your Own.
