About me

I am passionate about growing fruit and vegetables, completely self taught I realise it is not difficult to ‘grow your own’, you just need a little organisation and to be aware of the seasons.  I am lucky to have a part walled vegetable garden, totally neglected when we bought our property but now it is brimming over with a variety of edibles. We renovated a dilapidated, leaky greenhouse and doubled the vegetable beds, then set about growing all the things my family loved plus a few unusual vegetables and salads to tempt them with!

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The vegetable patch took shape quite quickly and proved to be extremely productive in it’s first year.  A lot of my friends started coming to me for advice and one of them suggested that I run a couple of mornings teaching them how to set up a vegetable garden and sharing my tips with them. 

 

These courses have proved a big success, so much so that I now run an ever growing number throughout the year, both here and at other locations in the South East.  I also enjoy giving talks to local horticultural societies and at events, most recently at The Country Living Christmas Fair for Alitex.

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I offer consultancy for clients who have inherited a vegetable garden and don’t know where to start or for those clients who wish to set up a vegetable garden and are unsure where to site it.