Elspeth Thompson (26 June 1961 – 25 March 2010) was a British author and journalist. She studied History and History of Art at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

. She was the author of many books including ''A Tale of Two Gardens'' (2003), ''The London Gardener'' (2004) and ''The Wonderful Weekend Book'' (2008). She also presented a four-part series on trees for

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, and wrote on gardening and interiors for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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Obituary in Daily TelegraphProfile in the Guardian
1961 births 2010 deaths {{UK-writer-stub