Specialities

• Commercial Photographic Library
• Editor
• Photographer
• Photographic Collection
• Website Writer
• Writer: Consumer Magazines
• Writer: Local Newspapers
• Writer: National Newspaper
• Writer: Trade & Professional

Beth Otway FNVS

Full Member

Biography

Beth Otway is a horticulturist, garden writer, and photographer with a passion for plants, nature, gardening, plant conservation, sustainability, and the environment. Having previously worked in the RHS Wisley Trials Office, Beth now writes freelance and is available to write one-off pieces, regular columns, or books. Indoors, Beth cultivates a wide variety of orchids, terrarium plants, ferns, and houseplants. Beth holds the National Collection of Miniature Phalaenopsis Species, and the National Collection of Miniature Aerangis and Angraecum Species. A fellow of the National Vegetable Society; Beth has grown vegetables, fruit, and herbs, for Michelin-Starred restaurants. Beth runs horticultural trials and is always searching for the best tasting and most productive edible plants.

Additional Interests

Beth Otway's expertise includes: • Growing vegetables, fruit, and herbs • Growing cut flowers • Roses • Daffodils and bulbs • Terrariums and bottle gardens • Houseplants • Orchids • Gardening for butterflies, moths, bees, insects, and wildlife • Plant conservation • Wildlife gardening • Ponds • Container gardening • Peat-free gardening • Sustainable gardening • Composting • Plant, product, and Compost Trials • Patio and balcony gardening • Gardening in small spaces

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