A few words about myself

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. 

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 Society and Plant Heritage. 

I was fortunate to grow up in Transylvania in a town surrounded by vast woodlands and species-rich wildlife meadows, a fact that has influenced the way I design and maintain gardens. 

I have organised and led tours to Transylvania, Greece, Sweden and Spain. This gave me the opportunity to share my love of plants and botanical knowledge.

My interests range from alpine plants to bulbs, succulents, fruit and heirloom vegetables, ferns and orchids, perennials, shrubs and trees. I am very keen on plant propagation, from getting difficult alpines to germinate to twin-scaling snowdrops.