Specialities

Kerrie Lloyd-Dawson

Full Member

Biography

Passionate gardener, plantaholic and garden writer. I have written numerous commissioned articles for The English Garden magazine including plant focus, Top Ten and garden features, and a magazine for a garden centre. I am a Plant Heritage Plant Guardian and open my garden for the National Garden Scheme. I love growing and trialling plants that are a little less than ordinary, and have first-hand knowledge of growing most of the plants that I write about. I regularly give talks to gardening clubs, have reviewed gardens, garden shows and books for an international garden website, and have also appeared on Japanese TV. After six years as volunteer Publicity Officer for Hertfordshire National Garden Scheme, I am now an assistant county organiser, supporting others to open their garden.

Additional Interests

Member of the Hardy Plant Society, HPS Pulmonaria group, Alpine Garden Society and Plant Heritage.

Talks

Based in: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, UK
Distance willing to travel: any distance considered
Virtual talks available: No

Fees: £130 plus mileage

Talks: These are our most popular talks, but there are more on the way! 1. How we made our garden - from blank canvas to being accepted for the National Garden Scheme in four years. 2. Border bulbs - recommendations for how to add an extra layer of planting with bulbs and corms that remain in the border year-after-year. 3. Late season colour – recommendations for late summer and autumn interest from flowers, fruit and berries and foliage. 4. New for 2025 - Variegated foliage - why it can be so valuable for year-round interest, using it to brighten shady areas, how to choose planting partners, plant recommendations.

Address

43 Mardley Hill
Welwyn
AL6 0TT
Hertfordshire
United Kingdom