Cultivating Chaos

Jonas Reif is the editor-in-chief of the German gardening magazine Gartenpraxis and lives in Zeuthen near Berlin. An adventurous landscape architect and passionate hobby gardener, Reif is constantly creating new approaches to lively, diverse plantings in municipal parks as well as in his own garden.Christian Kress is the proprietor of the plant nursery Sarastro-Stauden, located in Ort im Innkreis, Austria, one of today’s most important nurseries for gardening aficionados in central Europe. Kress trained as an ornamental gardener, studied to be a horticultural technician and has completed internships in several different countries. In addition to his plant-breeding work, where he has developed many of his own varieties, Kress is well known for the numerous articles he has authored and his highly respected newsletter. Jurgen Becker lives in Hilden, Germany and is one of the most successful garden photographers in the world. His photographs have been published in a multitude of calendars, books and renowned magazines. Becker began his career as a freelance photographer after studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. He has received several international awards for his work, including “Photographer of the Year” (2010 and 2012) from the Garden Media Guild in London.