I have an inbuilt, very instinctive passion for
the natural world, for growing and for the celebration of each of
the four very distinct but comparatively gentle seasons that we are
fortunate enough to enjoy throughout the UK.
I live with my family in the beautiful county of
Dorset having trained in horticulture during my late teens and
early twenties in Hampshire (Sparsholt) and in Somerset
(Cannington). Home is within a Cider Orchard that we planted
eight years ago and the launching of our own brand 'The Gardeners
Orchard' has been an ambition just recently fulfilled. We surround
ourselves with animals and they, my Business, the Orchard and my
two daughters ensure my life is brimming full.
I have worked in Horticulture since leaving
school and over the years I have developed my skills very much with
a hands on approach that ensure my gardens 'work' in addition, I
hope, to looking beautiful. I deliberately don't adopt a garden
scale of importance, preferring to assume that each and every
garden, be it 10 hectares and open to the public or 10 square
metres with room only for baskets and earthenware, is equally
precious to the enthusiastic owner.
My own garden is a perpetual 'work in progress'
and sometimes I dream of long days with nothing to do but bury
myself in the borders at home. In the meantime, I am keen to
improve everyone else's garden and am content that mine should be
forever in the making.