Specialities

Marie Shallcross

Full Member

Biography

Garden Designer and Consultant, Gardening Teacher, Garden Writer. My passion is edible, ornamental gardens where humans, pets and wildlife can co-exist happily (most of the time). I taught RHS & C&G at Adult Education and now teach bespoke Gardening Lessons where my student's garden is their classroom. Small group Gardening Workshops in my own garden are now available (see Plews website). Giving talks and demos to garden clubs & WI; running workshops for community gardens and judging at local shows also keeps me out of mischief. I've written the award winning Plews Potting Shed blog for my website since 2011; and since 2000s have written for local magazines, The Landscapers Library, Garden centres & published eBooks. c 70% of the photography on my website is my own. I'm happy to travel across the UK for design, consultancy, teaching, gardening courses, gardening talks and workshops.

Additional Interests

I love walking, with or without dogs, films, art exhibitions Finding inspiration in architectural details, soaring spires and the placement of breads in an artisan bakery. My new, seriously overgrown 1/2 acre garden keeps me busy too. (see @SpitfiresandSlowWorms )

Talks

Based in: Westerham, Kent, UK
Distance willing to travel: happy to travel - ask me
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: negotiable, Travel 50p / mile

Talks: I offer both slideshow type talks & demo/interactive talks Current Topics include Trees for Small Gardens Ground Cover Plants for Your Shady Front Garden Unusual Vegetables for You to Grow Slug and Snail Resistant Herbaceous Perennials Edible Annual Flowers to Grow in Your Garden Herbs to Grow for Your Pets Tips for buying garden plants Drought tolerant plants for containers Seed sowing tips & tricks Dividing herbaceous perennials for free plants Tips for planting, growing & showing spring flowering bulbs Not an exhaustive list – ask if there’s another topic your members are keen to know about as I vary the selection, due to seasonality, etc I also run workshops both at your venue and in my own garden – ask for details Not an exhaustive list – ask if there’s another topic your members are keen to know about as I’m happy to create a bespoke talk, demo or workshop to inspire your audience Or I’m happy to develop the perfect bespoke demo, lecture, or workshop to activate and inspire your audience.

Address

Kent
United Kingdom