Peter J May ... Landscaper, Illustrator and Author

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Hello, I am Peter May. I am an author, horticultural journalist and garden photographer. My specialist field is water gardening, about which I have written five books, two of them were called The Perfect Pond Detective. Not only that though, for 17 years I owned a landscaping company that specialised in the construction of water gardens and we built hundreds and maintained many of them for years. Now, I write regular monthly features for two specialist water garden magazines and have covered aspects of water gardening for most of the garden magazines on the British newsagent racks. I also answer any queries of a water garden and horticultural nature for a specialist Koi carp magazine. I have built award-winning gardens at The Chelsea Flower Show, I have created water gardens for Time Life Horticultural Library as well as instruction videos for Television. Landscaping ponds, fountains and water features has quite simply been my life.

This is me in my working clothes

I have a BA in Philosophy from Lancaster University and although my article writing tends to be fairly down to earth and draws a lot on my own practical experience, it has helped to add reason to my wealth of theoretical knowledge. It also helps me get to grips with any new subject very quickly and write about it like an expert. In my article writing, I aim to amuse whilst informing the reader. I feel as though I can make a subject like 'the advantages of rubber pool liners' interesting enough for the reader to stay transfixed throughout 2000 words.

My drawings and photographs have regularly featured in the magazines below as well, some times illustrating the work of other writers.

My first articles were for "Aquarist and Pondkeeper Magazine" in 1994 mainly on products used in the water garden.

I am a regular features and photograph contributor to "The Water Gardener Magazine" since 1993, also (until December 2002) "Koi, Ponds and Gardens" and in the past "South African Gardening Magazine". I have been a regular contributor to Water Gardening Magazine and "Your Garden Magazine" as occasional features writer and photographer. I have also produced written and photographic features for Garden Answers and Gardeners World magazine in conjunction with Bob Purnell and the Garden Guys.

I have written a number of books the latest of which is "Designing and Creating Water Gardens" published by The Crowood Press in Wiltshire UK

Tony Roocroft, The Pond Professor published my first e-book in 2004 see http://www.perfect-pond-detective.com/perfectpondrecipe.html