An interview with Emma Mulcahy
Amelia Crawford is Sylvestris Botanics and creates beautiful art work using flowers growing in her garden. We find out more about Amelia’s inspirations and her other career in conservation and research.
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An interview with Amelia Crawford
Amelia Crawford is Sylvestris Botanics and creates beautiful art work using flowers growing in her garden. We find out more about Amelia’s inspirations and her other career in conservation and research.
An interview with Kristina Clode
Kristina Clode is a garden designer based in East Sussex with a flair for naturalistic, wildlife and sustainable garden designs and planting schemes. We talk abouth Kristina’s career, ethos and award-winning designs.
An interview with Sam Hickmott – revisited
We catch up with a previous interviewee, Sam Hickmott, in our first ever ‘catch up chat’! Sam is now Head Gardener with responsibility for two stunning National Trust gardens. Sam brings both gardens to life in our brief chat: we challenge you NOT to want to visit both after listening to his descriptions.
An interview with Mercy Morris
Mercy Morris joined PlantNetwork as Administrator in October 2022, We find out more about Mercy’s very varied horticultural career, love of houseplants, National Plant Collection of spider plants and so much more! This interview could have been so much longer had the cafe we recorded it in not been so very noisy…. Apologies for the sound quality.
An interview with Joe Clements
Joe Clements, Conservation Assistant at the Lowther Estate, tells us about his horticultural training and how useful that is in his conservation role, beekeeping, regenerating farmland and the trials of growing succulents in Cumbria. Could this be the first meeting of the Nigel Brown Appreciation Society too?
An interview with Rupert Wilson
Rupert Wilson, Principal Data Manager with the RHS, tells us about the extensive plant information held by the RHS, the annual publication of Plant Finder and the importance of people in plant records. Can you guess what Rupert’s book choice will be?!
An interview with Misako Kasahara
Misako Kasahara, Head Gardener at Riverhill Himalayan Garden in Kent, loves woody plants and tells us about a theatre-going Metasequoia, being inspired to explore a career in horticulture through TV gardening programmes, and some horticultural differences between the UK and Japan.
An interview with Nick Fraser
Nick Fraser, Senior Gardener with the National Trust, talks about caring for three very different gardens in North Yorkshire including a garden that has been organic for over 20 years. Nick also talks about his interest in native plants and insects.
An interview with Yoke van der Meer
Earlier this year, freelance horticulturist Yoke van der Meer spoke with PlantNetwork about her career and her blog which seeks to make weeds more popular!