Jenny grew up in the countryside, where there were no supermarkets or even a corner store - so all her family’s vegetables were grown in a large plot while the orchard produced volumes of fruit. With no rubbish collections, everything was composted or recycled. After leaving home, Jenny became a journalist and has since travelled the world while working in major metropolitan newspapers. In 2007, she decided to study horticulture and landscape design and now combines her writing skills with her horticulture and design knowledge as garden editor at Better Homes and Gardens.