Derry is author of two books on greenhouse gardening and has introduced many plants from her plant collecting trips to South Africa and elsewhere. The result is a collection of unusual plants from all over the world,  including an amazing range of hardy herbaceous and rockery plants as well as many tender perennials for terrace [...]

Fionnuala Fallon is a trained horticulturist, gardening correspondent for The Irish Times, author and flower farmer. With her photographer husband, Richard Johnston, she grows a very wide range of seasonal, sustainably-produced cut-flowers on her flower farm in a Victorian walled garden in west Wicklow.  She uses her flowers to create bouquets and arrangements for private [...]

Matthew Wilson is an award-winning garden and landscape designer, writer, radio & television broadcaster and lecturer.  He has extensive garden design experience having worked on a wealth of projects – from small urban gardens to master planning country estates.  Since setting up the practice in 2016, Matthew has designed many gardens and landscapes for private and [...]

Conrad is a garden designer, freelance garden journalist and environmentalist. He has appeared on the television and regularly contributes to BBC Radio Ulster’s Gardeners Corner programme. He has a passion for unusual and exotic plants which he grows in his suburban North Antrim garden.

Nigel Hopes is Head Gardener for John Massey in his private garden in the West Midlands. He did is work experience at Ashwood before going on to study at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, where added to his experience with with placements at RHS Garden Wisley and a plant hunting trip in South Africa. Nigel will talk [...]

Carl Wright gardens at Caher Bridge, an award-winning garden located near Fanore in the Burren, Co. Clare. He is originally from Devon and has lived in Clare since the 1990's.  He created the garden from what was originally dense hazel and blackthorn scrub; it is based around a restored riverside cottage, blending in with its surroundings [...]