Specialities

• Website Editor
• Website Writer
• Writer: Consumer Magazines

Janice Shipp RHS General certificate, Diploma and Master of Horticulture. City and Guilds in planting design.

Full Member

Biography

Freelance writer and experienced practical gardener. I worked for Which? Gardening magazine from 2005, and was principal researcher/writer and the manager of the trial garden (at Capel Manor College in Enfield ) up to 2018. Since 2019 I've been contributing to Which? Gardening as a freelance writer and have occasionally contributed to other publications including The Garden and Gardens Illustrated. Horticulture training includes all the RHS qualifications up to RHS Master of Horticulture and a City and Guilds in Planting Design. I'm a member of the RHS Herbaceous Plant Expert Group (formerly Committee) and an RHS forum member for AGM trials currently including Mahonia and Centaurea, Hylotelephium, Hardy geraniums and persica roses. I am also involved in Rochfords International Rose Trials, Gold Standard Rose Trial and Rose of the Year trial as one of the regular panel of judges. I'm a member of the Institute of Horticulture.

Additional Interests

Plant breeding and new varieties. Visiting gardens. Growing vegetables on an allotment for over 25 years and now in my own garden. Walking in coast and countryside. Photography

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