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Charles Dowding is an English horticulturalist and author who has pioneered modern no dig and organic soil management in the UK since 1983.

Dowding joined the Soil Association and began with his own organic, no dig market gardening, interested in improving quality of soil, while making a vegetable garden beautiful, ornamental, productive and supportive of biodiversity. He became influenced by the approaches of gardeners such as Ruth Stout, who championed strategies of leaving organic matter on the soil surface, rather than working it into the soil. Dowding started one of the UK's first vegetable box distribution schemes, bringing produce to local homes. In 1990 he left to live in France, Tanzania and Zambia before returning to settle back in Somerset for the rest of his life. He has worked four farms in Somerset, trialling and teaching organic, no dig methods and experimented with various forms of mulch. With his wife he also ran a bed and breakfast business, inspired by their time in France.
At Homeacres, in Alhampton near Castle Cary, Dowding now lectures and runs courses on no dig gardening methods, writing for assorted newspapers and the BBC. He is described as the "Guru of No Dig" and has published over ten books on the subject. In 2021 the work was featured at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
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https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/