Substacks recommended by The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Recommended by The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Common Farm Flowers by Georgie Newbery is about growing flowers for pleasure & profit, about floristry, & running a lifestyle business. Above all it's about keeping focused on doing work that's valuable to more than just the bank account. You're welcome.

A Day Well Spent

By Leyla Kazim

The newsletter for people who suspect they're meant for something other than this. I help you become aware of the systems that do not serve you → reclaim your agency → use it to build your freedom.

Leyla is a BBC presenter, writer and journalist, and her writing is truly inspirational

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson

By Debora Robertson 🦀

Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.

Lia’s Living Almanac

By Lia Leendertz

Join me to mark and celebrate the seasons as they change

Book(ish)

By Natasha Poliszczuk

books and the pleasures of reading, with the occasional foray into frocks and interiors

Convivial

By Olly Rowe

Essays about hosting relaxed gatherings for friends - minimum stress, maximum fun.

Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr

By Farrah @Substack

A smart new corner of the internet to talk fashion, gardens and feelings with the former editor-in-chief of ELLE & Cosmopolitan. Plus join my invite-only community. We're nice...I promise.

Farrah hits the nail on the head EVERY TIME. Read it!

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Gillian Knows Best

By Gillian Longworth McGuire

Weekly guides & maps for terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.

Dreamy journeys through some of my favourite places, and excellent practical advice too. A must-read if you’re visiting Italy.

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Not really “about” salad. But salad is the force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Recipes, lots of them—and plenty else besides.

Tales from the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack

A basket of seasonal veg from my patch delivered to your inbox. Recipes, stories and live cooking classes from a writer who left advertising to grow vegetables and never looked back

Still Sketching

By Deborah Vass

Still sketching: art, reading, and the hidden stories of women artists from my Norfolk studio

The Well-Dressed Garden

By Pollyanna Wilkinson

Practical advice on designing and maintaining a garden, as well as liveable style tips, from an award-winning UK based landscape garden designer and bestselling book author, to your inbox.

Nothing Important

By Laetitia Maklouf

Superficial things going on in my home and garden, and in my head...absolutely none of it important.

Sixburnersue

By Susie Middleton

Join author Susie Middleton in the pursuit of serenity, beauty, and joy in the garden and the kitchen on Martha's Vineyard.

Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society

By Ann Kennedy Smith

True stories of pioneering Cambridge women 1870-1920, and mid-century fiction

Witness Marks by Melissa Harrison

A monthly postcard from the English countryside: nature, the rural year, and a village newsletter. Book news and other personal updates at the top.

P.S. by Plum Sykes

From the desk of the Original Voguette

At the Table with Rukmini Iyer

By Rukmini Iyer’s At the Table

Come and join me at the table for chat about cooking, recipes, books and more. (Roasting Tins may feature.)

Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

A newsletter of ideas and inspiration for people who love houses

Books + Bits

By Pandora Sykes

A pandora's box of books and culture recs. I hack through the cultural overload so you don't have to.

One Garden Against the World

By Kate Bradbury

On gardening, biodiversity and climate, from Kate Bradbury.

Words From The Hart

By Kathleen Hart

Sharing news from Pilgrim Cottage by the sea in Scotland, to encourage and inspire you. We can make room for the magic together. It's never too late to start again. x

savour by Alice Vincent

notes on the delicious things in life: womanhood, words and overlooked daily wonders

The Black Butter Club

By Sam Cooper

Hi, I'm Sam, a chef turned gardener, fermenter & author. I write practical fermentation and cookery recipes, & seasonal essays on flavour, culture & the living world from a small farm in West Wales.

Letters from Tuscany

By Giulia Scarpaleggia

Stories and recipes from my Tuscan kitchen | Seasonal, nourishing, vegetable-forward food by Tuscan food writer and cookbook author Giulia Scarpaleggia.

Elizabeth’s Newsletter from Italy

By Elizabeth Minchilli

Food, travel, & fun (not necessarily in that order)

Home

By India

I'm a UK-based author and journalist. This is my journal x my Notes app - mostly books, food, interiors, clothes, shopping, home life, plus observations and enthusiasms.

I can't get by without my weekly dose of 'HOME'. India's writing is so warm and engaging that it feels like you're amongst a group of friends

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Stroopwaffled

By Jennifer Barnett

Once upon a time I worked in magazines. Writing about life as an American in Amsterdam.

Horticulturalish

Enthusiastic amateur gardener prone to non sequiturs.

Dig It

Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball lift the lid on the messy, everyday reality of trying to live well. 🌱 Subscribe to get all their recommendations, tips and the best bits from Dig It delivered straight to your inbox.

Laura Thompson’s Substack

By laura thompson

Writing on writers - Nancy, Agatha, various Elizabeths and more. And on other things, from classical ballet to classic murder trials. Whatever interests me, and I hope you also.

The Garden at Moorfield

By Pip and Hugo

A story of how breathing new life into old farms and building them gardens completely changed mine and my family's lives, with monthly musings and how-to manuals on the making of our new all-organic 5-acre food and flower garden, inspired by our last.

An odyssey around an Australian garden. With lots of roses, so of course I'm going to love it!

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Mark Diacono's Abundance

Food and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.

A sheer joy. From plants and cooking to random facts about a very special piano - just great.

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Your Fellowes Reader

By Jessica Fellowes

Novelist Jessica Fellowes writes about whatever she wants to write about, mostly nice things that make her feel happy.

Gardening: In Grief and Joy

By Julia Reis

I garden to bring nature in and disturb it as little as possible. My garden is shared on instagram @mybreathinggarden. Roses and wildflowers are my garden heaven!

Huw Richards

Welcome to my Substack, a place where I explore how to grow the best ingredients whilst working alongside nature. This is my ideas playground, so have fun!

HOME & HORT

By JP Clark

Everything home and garden, with a pot pourri of all the things I love in life thrown in for good measure.

An entertaining, sometimes irreverent and at the same time informative travel through home and garden stories

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Art Every Day

By George Bothamley

The number 1 newsletter for Art Lovers This is great art - past and present - delivered to you daily. Monday to Friday

Seasonal Living with Victoria Harrison

By Victoria

A regular slice of seasonal magic to help you live a life more wild. Sign up for rituals, folklore and ideas for celebrating the ancient seasonal festivals at home.

Country living, nature, folklore and festivals

- The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson

Alex T Smith’s Pigeon Post

By AlexTSmith

Words! Pictures! Jolly Happenings!