Brigid Arnott studied photography and advertising and has worked in advertising agencies around Australia as an art director. She has also travelled widely and was a travel photographer for Canon.

Her husband introduced her to Michael Cooke and his gardens: she found them so beautiful she asked if she could photograph one, and from there she began regularly shooting memorable garden images with him.

Brigid photographs gardens, interiors, architecture and lifestyle for interior design magazines and architectural publications.

Michael Cooke has been designing gardens since 1983. Shortly after completing his studies in horticulture he purchased a nursery specialising in rare and unusual plants, before opening a boutique garden centre. Today he focuses solely on design.

He and his team have undertaken commissions around Australia and internationally; for example, at Bath in the UK, reworking a beautiful historic garden surrounding a 13th century priory.

Michael has been garden editor for Marie Claire Lifestyle, and written for many other magazines (including Gardens Illustrated) and newspapers. He and his gardens have been featured on several television gardening programs.

In 2002 Penguin/Viking published his first book, Time in the Garden.