I am a qualified, experienced and passionate plants person, horticultural consultant, garden designer and gardener.

 

In 1993 I gained an honours degree in horticulture at Nottingham University; and then in 2020  graduated from the British Academy of Garden Design with a postgraduate diploma in Garden Design. In 2026 I have been accepted as a registered consultant member of The Gardener's Guild (CMTGG).

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For over 10 years, I managed the plant area of a large garden centre in Wiltshire, building and maintaining close links with nurseries across the country for the supply of a huge range of plants as well as managing the care of the plants, sales, and providing advice and knowledge on their positioning in the garden and aftercare.

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I enjoy travelling and have visited and studied productive and ornamental gardens throughout the UK, Europe, Uganda and The Gambia.

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I often give talks to local groups on a range of horticultural topics (I call this 'sharing my enthusiasm!); I have manned garden advice stands for The Garden Centres Association at The Chelsea Flower Show; participated in a panel of experts to answer listener’s questions on local radio; appeared on Channel 4 TV as a horticultural advisor in part of Sarah Beeney's 'New Country Lives' series in 2023, and on Radio Wales in 2025.

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For the last 26 years,  I have been designing gardens as a self-employed garden designer. I am also regularly asked to do consultations in gardens which need some guidance rather than a full design. I am often asked to work on specialist tasks such as fruit tree pruning; rejuvenating neglected shrubs and reclaiming neglected and often historical gardens.

 

I regularly visit other gardens, both private and public for new ideas.