SoftWide's kiosks hold more than 2, 000, including programs to help people learn yoga, stop smoking, design a garden, prepare for a driving test, write business plans and complaint letters or fill in government forms.

ECONOMIST: MONITOR

Because Cox favors techniques and plantings gleaned from many epochs, cultures and movements, he has a bigger, more flexible design vocabulary than garden designers known specifically for their modernist, French-formal or romantic English leanings Cox likes it all.

WSJ: The Most Important Garden Designer You've Never Heard Of

After four years there he worked for a number of private nurseries, and started to build up a reputation as a writer on garden design and restoration.

ECONOMIST: Graham Stuart Thomas, gardener, died on April 17th, aged 94