Top 100 Gardening Influencers in 2026
The September 2026 snapshot of top 100 gardening influencers in 2026 covers 100 public Instagram profiles with 17M combined followers. Median audience size is 76.7K (mean 172K), which tells you the typical creator on this list is smaller than the headline names — a few large accounts pull the average up.
Average engagement across the ranking is 2.9% (median 3%). That is 0.9pp below the 3.8% gardening industry midpoint we use for 2026 Instagram, and 1.3pp above the ~1.55% all-niche Instagram average. Followers are relatively spread out — the top three hold 27.3% of combined reach, which is healthier if you want a diversified creator mix.
On this mix, a single organic feed post typically budgets $1,135–$5,244 and a Reel $2,038–$8,237 before usage rights (public 2026 Instagram bands, weighted by the follower-tier mix on this page and a 0.95× gardening premium). A five-creator test usually lands around $5,675–$26,220.
Key takeaways for gardening in September 2026
- Kevin Espiritu, Nicole Burke, Monty Don currently sit at the top of this gardening ranking.
- Follower mix: 58% micro, 34% mid. Dominant tier: micro.
- Geography: 1 countries on the list, led by United States.
- 100 profiles link out to a live or curated Instagram handle; 100 are verified public figures with self-hosted photos.
- Highest engagement on the list is Jo Thompson at 4.6%, which is not the largest audience (Kevin Espiritu at 1.8M). That gap is the usual “don’t sort only by followers” lesson.
- Do not brief a hobby account like a lifestyle page. If they teach quilting, the product has to live in a quilting workflow.
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Gardening Influencers ranked
Kevin Espiritu Mega
@epicgardening🌱 We exist to help you grow.🌻 Our seeds:
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Nicole Burke Mega
@gardenarycoWe help you create & grow the most beautiful and productive vegetable garden from start to harvest 🥬🥕🍅DM the word GIFT to get FREE planting plans 🙌🏼
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Monty Don Mega
@themontydonGardener, writer & broadcaster. Please use my website if you wish to contact me.
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Char & Marv Mega
@plantedinthegarden♡ Grow a garden. Eat good food. Learn. Live simply.
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Erin Benzakein Mega
@floretflowerFlower farmer, author, budding plant breeder. You can find my favorite sources, upcoming classes, new videos and seed sale info in the link below.
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Darryl Cheng Macro
@houseplantjournalAuthor of 📗'The New Plant Parent'& 📘'The New Plant Collector'An engineer's approach to houseplant care
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Deanna Talerico Macro
@deannacat3🌿 Gardening, animals, real food, natural health, DIY. Central Coast of CA ☀️♻️🌈📚💚🌎🔬Stories are a zoo 🐈🐴🐓💡 Blog & links ⬇️ Come learn + grow along!
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Charles Dowding Macro
@charles_dowdingCharles Dowding🧑🏻🌾No Dig 42 years | 1/2 acre vegetables 🪴15 books, Sowing Calendars🇬🇧Somerset UK | In Person and Online Courses | Lectures
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Luay Ghafari Mid
@urbanfarmandkitchen🧿 Founder: Urban Farm and Kitchen™️Author: Seed to TableFood | Garden | Photo | Video📍TorontoSeen in: MarthaStewart.com, CBC, BHG, Food&Wine
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Kyle Hagerty Mid United States
@urbanfarmsteadSacramento California I just want to help everyone to enjoy growing food as much as I do.👇MY GARDENING VIDEOS AND SHOP👇
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Meagan Lloyd Mid
@meggrowsplants🪴growing, preserving, and cooking my own food👩🏻🌾 chaos gardener📍NC, zone 8a📧 co-host Amazon Profile
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Angela Judd Mid
@growing.in.the.gardenHelping Desert Gardeners Grow Since 2015 • Blog • YouTube Videos • Planting Guides • Classes • Soil • Low Desert AZ 🌵
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Amy Shore Mid
@chicksandveg🐣 Hello from me and my happy hens👩🏻🌾 Advice for growing colourful veg and blooms ☀️ Home gardener in Norfolk, UK
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Jessica Sowards Mid
@roots_and_refugeA big family on a lovely farm in the midlands of South Carolina. Strong Love. Wild Dreams. Real life. Good food. Pretty words. And above all, Jesus.
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Lucy Hutchings Mid
@shegrowsveg🍅The very best & most interesting veg seeds🫛Full range online - delivered to your door fast!🌽Free no jargon help & advice🥕Monthly seed subscription
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Huw Richards Mid
@huwsgardenSunday Times Bestselling Author✍️ Permaculturalist🌿 YouTuber🎥 Co-founder 🏴 AmbassadorNEW BOOK🔽
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Lisa Mason Ziegler Mid
@gardenersworkshopfarmCut Flower Grower & Gardener, over 25 years experience!Online Store, Courses, & Community Join Our Email List for Updates! DM me “News” for the link
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Tom Stuart-Smith Mid
@tomstuartsmithLandscape Architect and Garden Designer
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Amy Bauer Mid
@frontyardveggies🌱 veggie & flower gardener🐔 chicken wrangling♻️ thrifting and secondhand shopping🍞 sourdough & pizza aficionado💌
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Sean A. Pritchard Mid
@sean_anthony_pritchardSEAN A. PRITCHARD garden and landscape design. RHS medalist. Author. Outside In available now. Enquiries:
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Valentine Bru Mid
@lesjardinsdelahoussaye🌱 Jardin/potager en permaculture (49)👨🌾 Visite guidée et formation sur réservation ⬇️Graines rares, mon livre et mon jeu de société ⬇️
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Gwenet van Niekerk Mid
@organic_gwenGrowing most of our Veggies at 🏡 in Raised Garden Beds.Been doing it for 12 yrs & it's the best decision I've ever made.Easy, organic gardening 🌱
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Niki Jabbour Mid
@nikijabbour4 titles & 175,000 books sold: Year Round Veg Gardener, Veggie Remix, & Growing Under Cover. Radio host, Halifax NS 🇨🇦
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Sarah Rani Mid
@in_my_patch_Home to the beginner gardener! Helping you go from picking nothing to filling your basket!1 easy step at a time 👇
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Lee Sullivan Mid
@urbanveggiepatch🌿 Life in a Backyard Garden 🇦🇺 🌿Urban Food and Flower Gardening🌿 Rare and Unique Veggies🌿 Anyone can grow their own food 💚
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Jean-Martin Fortier Mid
@jeanmartinfortierOrganic Farmer Michelin Green Star & ambassador:🌱 🥕 🧢 🍅
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Debbie Beech Mid
@mrsbeesgardenWelcome to our ever expanding garden, 25 years in the making! From an overgrown patch of land to our happy place still learning as we grow 🌱🐝💚
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Hayley Brown Mid
@hayleys_lottie_havenCreating an organic kitchen garden in 5 acres of meadow and woodland, sharing the whole process, how to’s, DIY, renovations and chickens 💚
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Arthur Parkinson Mid
@arthurparkinson_A romp of flowers, hens, bees, flamingos, & pouting characters. Writer - Pottery Gardener & The Flower Yard & chicken boy. illustrator
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Joe Lamp'l Mid
@joegardenerTelevision & podcast host Joe Lamp'l & founder of The Online Gardening Academy. 👨🌾
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Adam Frost Mid
@adamfrostdesignAdam Frost is a gardening content creator with a global audience and an engaged Instagram following. Reach out via their profile for collaborations and partnerships.
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Rekha Mistry Mid
@rekha.garden.kitchenHead GardenerWriter - Presenter - SpeakerGMG Award: Social Media Influencer 2023
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Tanya Anderson Mid
@lovely.greens🌿 Organic Gardening & Creative DIYs🌼 Author and YouTube Creator🧼 DIY Natural Skincare
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Rob Smith Mid
@robsallotment🌱Helping You Grow Food🌱RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb Expert Group🌱Author & Garden Writer🌱Top 30 UK/Top 35 Global Gardening Influencer🌱Grow to Eat
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Pete Mid
@home_gardening_with_petePete is a gardening content creator with a global audience and an engaged Instagram following. Reach out via their profile for collaborations and partnerships.
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Nigel Dunnett Mid
@nigel.dunnettPlanting design as an art form: tuned to nature. Planting Design as an essential: creating healthy cities and liveable places.
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Alexander Hoyle Mid
@alexander.hoylePlantsman and Garden Designer,London based Trained at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 🌿
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Donna Mid
@thehomegarden🐝Organic Gardening 🐞🍊Growing Food In My Backyard 🇦🇺🌱Sharing Info, Ideas and Inspiration💡
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Antonio Valente Mid
@antoniovalenteflowers👨🏻🌾 Specialty Cut Flowers 🌸 Flower growing tutorials in story highlights 📍 Ontario, Canada, zone 5b🌱 Novice seed breeder | Available seasonally
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Casey Lynn Lawrence Mid
@caseylynnlawrenceManor House GardensThe Lawrence Garden Farm on YTGarden🌿 Home🏡 Family🪷Creative, Nature Inspired Spaces Animal Friends 🐴🐈⬛🐥👇 👇 👇 👇
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Melanie Harrington Mid
@dahliamayflowerfarmGrowing fresh cut flowers.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Safe Space ✨📍1226 Stockdale Rd, Trenton ON🛒OPEN Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5👇🏻Order here for pickup/delivery.
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Becky Searle Mid
@sow_much_more🌱Ecologist / Botanist / Gardener🌻 Organic gardening expert📚 Author: GROW A NEW GARDEN and The Seed Collector’s Kit🤓 Garden Writer📍 Devon, UK
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Henrietta Courtauld and Bridget Elworthy Micro
@thelandgardenersHealing our soils, healing our plants, healing our planet.
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Jesse Frost Micro
@notillgrowersGrowing veg ecologically and profitably without tillage. Nerdy podcasts, videos, articles, etc. Book 👉 Site👇
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Justin O’Brien Micro
@urbanfarmer2570Come join me on my dream veggie garden build journey 🌱 With plenty of helpful growing tips along the way. Ambassador
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Clare Foster Micro
@clarefostergardensGarden editor, House & Garden. Writer and plant-addict, sharing images of gardens, plants and people. See my website for more.
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Butter Wakefield Micro
@butterwakefieldGARDEN DESIGNER | CREATOR: RHS Gold Medal | Top 50 Garden Designers ‘20 ‘21 ‘22 ‘23 ‘24 ‘25, Top 100 ‘24’25
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Meg McAndrews Cowden Micro
@seedtofork📗Plant Grow Harvest Repeat (2022)📺 YouTube.com/seedtoforkNew Website: seedtofork.com
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Katrina Harrison Micro
@homegrown.garden👩🏻🌾 1830’s Heritage Victorian Allotment🇬🇧 Nottingham, UK📽 Youtube Videos ⤵️
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Jo Thompson Micro
@jothompsongardenDesigner | Writer | Speaker Garden Design Studio Portfolio at Read my twice-weekly newsletter The Gardening Mind on Substack
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Becky Crowley Micro
@beckycrowley_Looking after the walled garden designed by
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Andrea Bemis Micro
@andreabemisFarming + Real Food for Real KidsLetThemEatDirtKids.Com
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Karen Baron Micro
@welliesandwaffles👩🏻🌾 Growing food in my garden 🌱 Sowing. Growing. Harvesting. Eating🌿 Gardening tips 🌷 Flower Garden🌸 Comedy 💚 Lancashire, UK
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Kirsty Ward Micro
@my_little_allotmentAllotment Owner 🍓🌽Use my hashtag 🥬🧄Youtube & other pages ⬇️DM for collaborations 👩🏻🌾
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Arne Maynard Micro
@arnemaynardgardendesignInternational garden designer and passionate gardener. Images not for reuse without permission.
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Cali Kim Micro
@calikim29⮕We teach busy people how to grow your own vegetable garden - quick, simple & inexpensive⮕Garden content creator duo w/
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Fernando Martos Micro
@fernandomartosjardinesDiseño de jardines . Landscape designer . Madrid , Spain.
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Randi Rhoades Micro
@freckledcalifornian☀️Zone 10 Backyard Garden🌼plant adventures in Southern CA💡Blog & more ⤵️
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Vera Greutink Micro
@growntocookPermaculture gardener 🌻🍒🍏 writer and designer, author of 👇🏻VERA’S MOESTUIN👇🏻EDIBLE PARADISE👇🏻TUIN SMAKELIJK
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Rachel Bull Micro
@thegoodlifeainteasy🌱Vegetables, flowers and stories from our garden and allotment accompanied by much-loved rescue chickens 🐓and a soppy spaniel.🏡 Surrey, UK
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Felicia Alvarez Micro
@menagerieflower🌹Garden Rose Farm & Nursery👩🏼🌾Mama. Farmer. Educator. Author🌱Farming & Gardening For Tips Everyday Life!👇🏻SHOP Bare Root Roses Amazon Profile
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Stephanie Hafferty Micro
@stephaniehaffertyMCI Hort🪴Named one of 100 Leading Women In Horticulture 2025📑Award winning garden & food writer🏡Homesteader 🎤workshops/courses/event speaker
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Mara Tyler Micro
@thefarmatoxford11-year flower farm supplying rare stems, roots & bulbs to inspire your garden 🌱On-farm workshops & subscriptions🪻Cultivating botanical joy in PA 💙
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Jimi Blake Micro
@jimiblake_huntingbrookgardens🌼Owner Hunting Brook Gardens. Open Thur- Sat 11am -4pm 🌸International speaker & TV presenter🌻Author & online courses👇Click below for more from me 👇
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Hannah Reid Micro
@gingergrows1👩🌾 Organic Gardener ✍️ Freelance Garden Writer ♻️🌸🥕🌿
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Alys Fowler Micro
@alysfNew 📖: Peatlands-a journey between water and land ⬇️🌈🧑🏻🌾🥦
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Tien Hung Micro
@delectable.dayGardening in North Florida, 9b 🍲 🍅 Ambassador
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Claire Crawford Micro
@sowing_at_the_stoopJoin me in growing my own organic veg, fruit & flowers in my beautiful kitchen garden and greenhouse throughout the year 💚
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Shannon Keary Micro
@diaryofaladygardenerShannon Keary is a gardening creator with a global audience and an engaged Instagram following. Reach out via their profile for collaborations and partnerships.
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Raymond Tyler Micro
@rosecreekfarmsA Certified Organic family farm independently owned by Ray and Ashley Tyler.
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Jessie Sheffield Micro
@plot_37GROWING COOKING EATING DRINKINGYouTube || Patreon || Contact -
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Martina Holgersson Micro
@simplygrowfoodWant to Grow Lots of Food but have little spare time You're in the right place!
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Gretel Moffitt Adams Micro
@flowerfarmetteThe Columbus Flower Company. 💐We ship flowers nationwide, retail, and wholesale. ✈️ 👨🌾👩🏼🌾 *No orders via DM*
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Joe Harrison Micro
@grow_with_joe🥕Veg Grower✏️Garden Writer🇬🇧Suffolk😎 Lifestyle
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Nick Ager Micro
@growingbacktoedenMarket Gardener & Regenerative Agricultural Educator 🌱I'm doing my part to help us all get back to the Garden of Eden!⬇️ My Links ⬇️
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Michael Genovese Micro
@summerdreamsfarmSummer Dreams Farm is a cut flower farm located in Oxford, Michigan. We specialize in dahlias, selling flowers regionally and tubers across the U.S.
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Arabella Lennox Boyd Micro
@aralennoxboydmy garden my landscape design work,furniture,travel,ideas,suggestions
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Jenny Saling Micro
@the_happy_herbanMy urban garden Oakland CA Herbs, Veggies, Flowers 👩🌾 Board Member All are welcome here 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Lori Hernandez Micro
@three.acre.farm.miSeasonal farm fresh cut flowers.Dahlia tubers, seeds and bulbs.Online courses and templates/guides.Click 👇 for free resources and more
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Jinny Blom Micro
@jinny.blomFounder Jinny Blom Studio. Landscape Designer, Author, Plantswoman, Artist in Residence at CW+, Books: The Thoughtful Gardener, What Makes a Garden
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Milan Hajsinek Micro
@milan_greenfutureGarden Designer/Notorious Dreamer
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Isabel Bannerman Micro
@isabelbannermanwriter photographer holiday landlady Somerset
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Sonia Michelle Smith Micro
@garden_of_feedin🌾🍅🌳 GROWING - 🍀Native and Exotic Fruit 🥭🍇Veges🥬🌼Bees🐝Chooks🐔🌻Flowers🌺Biodiversity🦋🦎🐞🐜Self sufficiency 👩🌾👨🌾Eating from our garden every day
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Alex Horne Micro
@the_essex_allotmentAlex - Founder of ‘The Essex Allotment Farm’- Veg Box service & Farmers markets- Grow your own enthusiast- Become a farm sponsor - DM or email
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Rachel Micro
@rachel_grows🙆🏻♀️Growing food and flowers in my London allotment and garden 💚Sharing tips with a sprinkle of wellbeing, lifestyle, home and pets
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Marisol B Levi Micro
@marisolblevi📍Las Vegas,CA,AZBorn and raised in Los Angeles, CA 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Katie Parks Micro
@frecklesandsproutsbackyard food forest 👩🏼🌾 northern california
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Lydia Micro
@lydiaskitchengarden🏡 The Cottage Kitchen Garden👩🏼🌾 Garden Designer & Landscaper Married, Mum to two, love animals, my garden is my happy place 💕👧🏼🧒🏼🐶🐴🐔🌿
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Paula Thomas Micro
@gapeyOrganic gardener in Western Washington (zone 8b) who enjoys keeping bees 🐝 and chickens 🐓.
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Mia Cover Micro
@miaslittlefarm👩🏻🌾🐕🐈🐐🐓🦃🦆🐝🌱Life on a 5 acre homestead, just outside of Nashville, TN, with hubby & 3 kids. Check out Mossy Glade Farm on Facebook!
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Dacia Micro
@mybackyardpatchMum of 3 boysMoved from Melbourne to North NZVegan for the animals 🐖my pottery
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Lottie Delamain Micro
@lottie_delamain• Award-winning garden designer Somerset/LDN• Occasional writer • V keen on gardens/plants/books • Trustee • Gardens that tell a story 🌱
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Charlie Harpur Micro
@charlie.harpurPlantsman/Designer/Ecosystem Engineer 🌿🏃 Head Gardener
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Kathys Harves Micro
@kathysharvest🙋♀️Hi everyone ! Welcome to my piece of paradise🏡 🇦🇺Horticulturist growing food Organically for my family ❤️👩🏼🌾 and flowers 💐
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Marie & Jim Micro
@4_muddy_bootsEmbarking on our 10th season at plot 4 . West Yorkshire. This is our diary in little squares throughout the growing season from sowing to harvest .🌱
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Shanti Rade Micro
@whipstonefarmgrowing veggies and flowers in the Arizona highlands (US) for year-round farmers markets, csa, restaurants and florists.
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James Alexander-Sinclair Micro
@jamesasinclairGarden designer,writer & Jack of all Trades. Vice President & Judge, Fellow. Columnist & podcaster
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Nicki Murray Micro
@loveofdirt🍍Teaching people to grow food 👨👩👧👦 Raising green thumbs 🇦🇺 living in the subtropics SEQ👇Podcast/Blog/YouTube/Seeds/eCourses
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Kate Dagnal Micro
@goosecreekgardensDAHLIA TUBERS & HEIRLOOM MUM ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW AVAILABLE Boutique flower farm, Cowansville, PA N. of Pgh. wholesale, & grocery store sales.
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Andrew Timothy O’Brien Micro
@andrewtimothyobOnline garden coach, writer and host of the Gardens Weeds & Words podcast. Unashamed owner of a too-loud laugh. Click below for advice and inspiration
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Estimated Instagram rates for this mix
Planning ranges from public 2026 Instagram bands, weighted by the follower-tier mix on this page and a 0.95× gardening adjustment. They are not quotes from the creators below. Usage rights and whitelisting typically add 30–50%.
| Deliverable | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Typical feed post on this list | $1,135 | $5,244 |
| Typical Reel on this list | $2,038 | $8,237 |
| Five-creator test campaign (feed) | $5,675 | $26,220 |
What this gardening influencers ranking actually shows
How-to content with a named method. Tiny specialist audiences punch above their follower weight on conversion because every viewer is already in-market. On this specific list the median account has been posting since around 2010 (average age ~10.2 years; oldest 2011, newest 2020) with roughly 4,466 posts — enough history that you can actually audit a grid before you brief.
Primary language on the roster is English (100%). The list is relatively monolingual, which simplifies caption and landing-page language.
Where gender is labelled, the split is 64 female / 28 male (8 unlabelled). Use that as a casting hint, not a quota.
Follower-tier mix
| Tier | Creators | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nano (<10K) | 0 | 0% |
| Micro (10K–100K) | 58 | 58% |
| Mid (100K–500K) | 34 | 34% |
| Macro (500K–1M) | 3 | 3% |
| Mega (1M+) | 5 | 5% |
How to brief gardening influencers
- The creator is an expert — let them reject a talking point that would embarrass them in their community.
- Send the actual tool/product, not just talking points.
- Saves and tutorial completions beat raw views.
Formats that usually work here: tutorial Reels, tool reviews, community AMAs, before/after carousels. Read the ranking methodology or the 2026 rate guide.
Gardening Influencers vs related lists
Gardening Influencers averages 0.1pp more engagement than AI Influencers and has a smaller median audience (76.7K vs 137K).
Gardening Influencers averages 1pp more engagement than Cosplay Influencers and has a smaller median audience (76.7K vs 623K).
Gardening Influencers averages 0.8pp less engagement than Watch Influencers and has a larger median audience (76.7K vs 27.6K).
| List | Creators | Median followers | Avg. ER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardening Influencers (this page) | 100 | 76.7K | 2.9% |
| AI Influencers | 70 | 137K | 2.8% |
| Cosplay Influencers | 100 | 623K | 1.9% |
| Watch Influencers | 100 | 27.6K | 3.7% |
Snapshot compiled September 2026 from 100 ranked profiles (100 verified public figures, 0 additional directory listings). Industry engagement midpoints and rate bands are public 2026 Instagram benchmarks, not private platform data. Full methodology.
Gardening Influencers — frequently asked questions
Who are the top gardening influencers in 2026?
Our September 2026 ranking of 100 gardening influencers is led by Kevin Espiritu, Nicole Burke, Monty Don. Combined they represent 17M followers, with an average engagement of 2.9%. 100 entries are verified public figures. The order blends audience size with engagement so a quiet mega-account does not automatically beat a louder mid-tier creator.
How is this gardening list ranked?
Creators are ordered by a blend of followers, engagement rate and posting consistency. Verified public figures with self-hosted photos surface first when we have them. The page also publishes the list’s own maths — median 76.7K followers, 2.9% average ER, 27.3% of reach in the top three — so you can see whether you are looking at a concentrated or diversified niche.
What engagement rate is good for gardening Instagram accounts?
For gardening we treat ~3.8% as the 2026 industry midpoint (specialist hobbies (how-to, pets, crafts, education) are Instagram’s engagement leaders in 2026 tables). This list averages 2.9%, which is 0.9pp below that midpoint. Nano and micro accounts should beat the midpoint; mega accounts can sit well below it and still be efficient on raw impressions.
How much do gardening influencers charge in 2026?
Using public Instagram rate bands weighted by this list’s follower mix and a 0.95× niche adjustment, one organic feed post on a typical account here is $1,135–$5,244; a Reel is $2,038–$8,237. Usage rights, exclusivity and whitelisting usually add 30–50%. These are planning ranges, not quotes from the creators on this page.
Where are these gardening influencers based?
The ranking spans 1 country. The largest shares are United States (1%). If you need a single market, filter the table by country before you export a shortlist.
How can I contact these gardening influencers?
100 public figures on this page link through to Instagram. We do not publish private emails for real people. For a spreadsheet of campaign-ready contacts, request a targeted list — we only include adults who are publicly doing creator work.
How often is the gardening list updated?
Figures on this page were compiled for September 2026. Rankings move as follower counts, engagement and newly surfaced public figures change. Treat it as a current snapshot, not a lifetime league table.
What campaign formats work best with gardening?
The highest-performing briefs in this niche usually mix tutorial Reels, tool reviews and before/after carousels. Lead with one hero Reel, support it with a feed post or carousel, and keep Stories for time-sensitive offers or codes.