Award Winning
Garden Author and Lecturer

I have been a gardening author, journalist and speaker since the early 1980's, and have written 15 books to date, as well as many hundreds of gardening articles, which have appeared in British newspapers and magazines. Some of my books have been published in the United States and Canada, as well as being translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Danish.

I have won three major awards from the Garden Media Guild, two for journalism, in 1992 and 2011, and one for a book, 'Garden People; Valerie Finnis and the Golden Age of Gardening', which was published in 2007 by Thames and Hudson. I have just been named the Garden Media Guild's Gardening Columnist of the Year for 2011.

Recently, I have given up gardening journalism, in order to concentrate full-time on writing books and lecturing.

I speak on gardening-related subjects to horticultural clubs and societies all over the British Isles. I am on the RHS Register of Speakers. I am known for a lively and well-informed style, suitable for a variety of audiences.

My particular interests include hardy ornamental plants, as well as fruit and vegetables, wild flowers and trees, garden design, garden history, garden literature and cooking with garden produce. My illustrated talks reflect a number of these preoccupations. If you would like a list, together with a scale of fees, please do contact me by email.