Modeste Herwig studied Dutch but could not resist following the footsteps of her father Rob Herwig and grandfather Arend Jan Herwig. Love for plants and interest in garden architecture has always been present with her and she started gardening and taking pictures of plants when she was 15 years old. Her grandfather started writing about gardening, her father Rob Herwig is the world best seller author on gardening books with over 9 million copies sold.

Modeste started with working for eight years in the model gardens of her father in Lunteren and also gave some 300 lectures about gardening. She wrote 35 books on gardening and made all the text and photo’s herself. In 2008 the German translation of her book 'De familiemoestuin' (Kinderleicht, Familienspass im Garten) has been chosen "Bestes Deutsches Gartenbuch 2008" (Best German garden book) by the Deutsche Gartenbaugesellschaft.

She also provides articles on gardening, garden design and garden plants to magazines in Holland, England and Germany. In the spring and summer Modeste gives workshops on gardening and garden photography.

Modeste travels a lot in Holland and abroad to photograph garden plants and new ideas on gardening design. Her archive contains some 100.000 transparencies and digital pictures.

Also photography in commission. For more information see www.modesteherwig.eu

Have a look at www.garden-and-flowers.nl or www.garden-and-flowers.de

e-mail: info@modesteherwig.eu