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Gardening talks and lectures on plants

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Find below a list of gardening talks I currently give: Popular talks:  Confessions of a plantaholic  Collecting, propagating and growing plants can sometime be an obsession, if not a true addiction! While making light fun of myself and the things I do for plants, I will also talk about some of my favourites and must haves. Plants and castles of Transylvania  This talk explores a land that is best known for Dracula and his castles, but also boasts an amazingly diverse flora, including woodlanders, meadow flowers and high mountain alpines. 50 shades of green - versatile foliage plants and the diversity of leaves A lecture that starts by exploring leaves in their diversity of shapes, sizes, colours and textures and then gives examples of how foliage plants can be used to great effect in the garden, including the display I designed at the RHS Tatton Flower Show for the Hardy Plant Society. Memories of Greece - spring in the Peloponnese This beautiful corner of the world is no...
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A few words about myself

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I currently run my own gardening and horticultural consultancy business. I write for various gardening magazines and I give lectures on botanical and gardening topics to groups in the UK and abroad.  I also volunteer for the Royal Horticultural Society as a core member of the Alpine and Rock Garden Expert Group. This spring (2026) I have become the Editor of the RHS Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook.  Watch this video to see how I plant a miniature alpine garden as part of the RHS Gardening Masterclass series From 2021 to 2025 I have worked as the Social Media Manager for the Alpine Garden Society. I was responsible for organising all the Society's Zoom lectures, Young Person's Weekend, and managing the Society's website, newsletter and social media profiles.  Between 2014 and 2020 I was the editor of the Saxifrage Magazine for the Saxifrage Society.  I have also designed and coordinated many displays at RHS Flower Shows for the Alpine Garden Society, Hardy Plant...
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