Specialities

• Book Author
• Editor
• Photographer
• Website Editor
• Website Writer
• Writer: Consumer Magazines
• Writer: Local Newspapers
• Writer: National Newspaper
• Writer: Trade & Professional

Sonya Patel Ellis RHS Level 2

Full Member

Biography

Senior Content Creator at BBC Gardeners' World magazine Also RHS Level 2 qualified writer, editor and artist focusing on building connections between plants, people, words, and wellbeing. // WRITING & EDITING Authored books include Collins Botanical Bible (Harper Collins, 2018), The Heritage Herbal (British Library Publications, 2020), Collins Backyard Birdwatcher’s Bible (Harper Collins, 2021), The Modern Gardener (Harper Collins, 2022) and The Herb Book (DK Living, 2023). // EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS & WORKSHOPS Solo exhibitions and events include Herbival (2021) and Florilegium (2015) at the Garden Museum, A Botanical World (2018) and Herb Garden (2016) at The Marksman, Discovering John Fothergill (2022), Dare to Dream (2018) and Plant Shop (2019) at Forest Gate Community Garden, and Hortus Uptonensis (2015) at West Ham Park. I have also worked with The British Library, National Archives, Kew Gardens, A New Directive, and The Whitechapel Gallery.

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