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Jane Owen

Old Money Columnist

Jane Owen writes the Old Money column in FT Money. Prior to this, she was deputy editor of FT Weekend, editor of FT House & Home and a Yale Poynter fellow 2015. She was awarded a gold medal for her Chelsea Flower Show rainforest garden, created to raise awareness about sub-Saharan indigenous people.

Jane has written several books and presented prime-time TV including BBC2’s Gardens Through Time, and Time Team’s live broadcast from Buckingham Palace.

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  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    House & Home
    Strictly for the birds: how we can help them thrive in our gardens

    Advice on feeding and protecting dwindling species — and how to deal with that pesky squirrel problem

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    House & Home
    Escape to the heritage heap: could you restore a derelict home?

    The intrepid renovator needs dedication and serious dosh — and should expect equal measures of pain and pleasure

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot
    Garden diary: beauty amid disorder

    Jane Owen grapples with a munching Muntjac deer, slugs on steroids and colossal courgettes

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Philanthropy
    Old Money: Digging for victory

    The economics of growing your own don’t stack up, but that’s not the point

  • Friday, 17 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Charity under lockdown begins at home 

    We need to cultivate a philanthropic urge to splurge

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Gardens
    Mucking in with yuccas at Renishaw Hall gardens

    The unusual horticulture reflects the eccentric legacy of the literary Sitwell family

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Retirement
    Betting the farm on a self-sufficient retirement 

    Living ‘The Good Life’ could be harder work than the office ever was

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Hand me my pensions crystal ball 

    The newly self employed have a lot to learn about saving for retirement

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Gardens
    How light pollution affects the lives of garden creatures

    Artificial light severely disrupts feeding, breeding and communication among birds and other wildlife

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  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    How much should you tip at Christmas? 

    Builders, cleaners, refuse collectors, postal workers . . . there’s no end to those hopeful of a festive bonus

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    An Economic History of the English Garden — shaking the money tree

    Roderick Floud praises the overlooked contribution of gardening to Britain’s economy

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    How manners make money in the modern age

    We ignore the reputation economy at our cost

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Old Money: In praise of boredom

    The mind is no longer allowed to saunter off. Everyone is expected to appear engaged

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot
    Garden diary: Time to terminate pests

    Our writer tackles the biggest horticultural jobs for autumn

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Retirement
    Keep active to live a fulfilling later life

    Traditional ideas of retirement seem — bizarrely — to appeal more to millennials

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Gardens
    Topiary brings whimsy to summer gardens

    How to adorn your hedge with pom-poms and peacocks

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot
    How to make a yew turn after overzealous pruning

    Jane Owen’s garden dispatch describes her attempts at irrigation and topiary

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    Feature
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot

    When Jane Owen moved into a new home in Oxford, she faced having to overhaul the one-acre jungle

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    Visual Arts
    Oolong and short of it: the story of tea at Compton Verney

    An eclectic exhibition in Warwickshire lifts the lid on Britains’s favourite brew

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Old Money: Should the wealthy pay more tax?

    Some billionaires are surprisingly receptive to the idea of a ‘wealth tax’

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Old Money: Retirement doesn’t always make you happy

    Zimbabwe grandmothers show how to tackle £26bn problem of poor mental health in the over-65s

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot
    Late-spring garden diary: my fight with a hedge

    A new chainsaw is put to work, while clearance uncovers delightful and grisly surprises

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    Next Act
    Old Money: The allure of vanity economics

    Unlike some of my friends, I find the thought of spending large amounts of money on myself alarming

  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot
    Help! My garden is out of control

    When Jane Owen moved into a new home, rampaging vines and wildlife threatened to take over her life

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
    Next Act
    Old Money: Should ancient people hit the slopes?

    Skiing is a high-risk sport for our finances

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