Ambra Edwards worked as campaigns editor for Gardening Which? magazine from 1998-2003. She has written widely on topical and social horticulture and now works as a freelancer, contributing articles to leading publications including The Guardian and The Observer as well as a year-long series for Gardens Illustrated in 2005 and regular columns in Gardenlife and Hortus. She was recently engaged by the Department for Education and Skills to prepare literature on outdoor learning, school gardens and healthy eating in schools. Ambra won the Garden Writers Guild Journalist of the Year, 2006.