Rosemary Hardy

Rosy Hardy has won 23 RHS Chelsea gold medals in the Floral Marquee, and other RHS and other floral exhibition awards. She is recognised in the UK as a leading plantswoman for herbaceous perennials. She studied horticulture at Writtle College. And is a Vice President of the RHS.

Based in: Whitchurch
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: No

Fees: £400

Talks: From back garden to gold medals Seasonal perennials

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Paul Hensey

Paul is the Principal of a successful Landscape and Garden Design Consultancy. Assisting Garden Designers, Landscape Architects and contractors with the construction and detailing. Paul lectures on construction detailing and materials and is the author of several books.

Based in: Midhurst, West Sussex, UK
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes

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Grace Hensley

I speak on a variety of subjects around garden photography, specifically camera usage, smartphone photography, editing, and finding your style

Based in: Bainbridge Island, WA, USA, United States of America
Distance willing to travel: worldwide
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: Variable depending on time and distance

Talks: Plant and Shoot - Great Garden Photography with your Smartphone Smartphone Videography for Landscapers and Garden Centers Seeing in Squares - What to shoot in the Garden

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Jayne Hickling

Based in: Lincolnshire, UK
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Virtual talks available: No

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Geoff Hodge

Geoff Hodge is a garden writer, broadcaster and editor, working for various national gardening magazines and websites – as well as lots more besides! Previously, he was the Online Editor for the Royal Horticultural Society, Gardening Editor and Editor of Garden News magazine and Technical Editor of Garden Answers magazine.

Based in: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK
Distance willing to travel: I regularly travel up to 120 miles. Venues further afield may incur an additional payment on my fees plus overnight hotel accommodation; please ask when making enquiries.
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £120 plus 41p* per mile travelling expenses. * This is my current mileage rate. Travelling expenses are dependent on fuel prices at the time of the talk, and may have to change accordingly. Fees for talks by Zoom are £95 using the club's Zoom account, £110 using mine.

Talks: All Muck & Magic? The Answer Lies In The Soil! A Tapestry of Foliage Bugs & Garden Plagues – Pest & Disease Control Clematis: The Queen Of The Climbers Easy Gardening – Low-Maintenance Gardens Gardening on Chalk Gardening on Clay Gardening on the Coast Gardening with Changing Climate – Gardening in the Global Greenhouse Gardening in Dry & Drought Conditions – Drought-resisting Plants Gardening in the Shade Gardening Inside – Greenhouse Gardening GYO Veg – Grow Your Own Vegetables Happy, Healthy Roses Happy Houseplants – The Indoor Jungle Luscious Lawns – Lawncare for Perfect Lawns Plants for Problem Places Propagation – Plants for Free Pruning – Making it Simple: The First Cut Is The Deepest Fragrant Plants & The Scented Garden The 12-Month Garden – Colour All Year Round The Life & Times of a Gardening Editor Weeds & the Weed-free Garden Winter Colour in the Garden – Beating the Winter Blues Q&As - have all your gardening questions answered

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Michael Holland

Michael has a good selection of interesting illustrated talks - drawn from his varied career and interests on numerous aspects of the natural world, social history, health and botany.

Based in: London, UK
Distance willing to travel: 100 MILES
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £150 including reasonable travel from London

Talks: • Five Plants That Changed the World • There’s No Such Thing as a Houseplant •State of the Art Healing Plants • Tales from the Fruit Bowl - A series of 4 talks on beloved fruits' stories, history, geography, folklore, symbolism, botany, nutrition, chemistry & more. Each talk highlights a plant family with notable members: ○ Zest & the Rest - the Citrus family ○ Gourd Almighty - the Cucurbitaceae family ○ Saucy & Spicy - the Solanaceae family ○ Core & More - the Rosaceae family • The 12 Plants of Christmas - Wreaths, Raisins & Roasties - a delve into the backstories and folklore of some common festive favourites • London's Parks and Gardens • Food is Medicine • Container Gardening for Food and Medicines.

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Molly Hollman

Based in: Kent, UK
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £75 for a 1 hour 30 minute zoom talk

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Caroline Holmes

Academic but not dry, see website for full details

Based in: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Distance willing to travel: Any
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £300+

Talks: A Zest for Herbs Impressionists in their Gardens Japanese gardens - temple, royal and domestic Memphis before Elvis - Egyptian plants and gardens Monet at Giverny Permission to Poison - the Alnwick Garden Sheer folly - a walk through garden history Slay them with flowers - Doctor Shatterhand’s garden Full list on website www.horti-history.com

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Nicola Hope

Nikki loves to share her knowledge and experience in her witty and relaxed style. She’d be delighted to come to talk to your group or organisation. She talks on a number of subjects and her latest talk ‘Organic Gardening - Happy Plants, Happy Minds’ has proved very popular indeed.

Based in: Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK
Distance willing to travel: Negotiable
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: From £145.00 plus travel expenses of 0.45p per mile

Talks: 1) Organic Gardening ~ Happy Plants, Happy Minds - I take you through a gardening year in the big garden where I work. Plenty of tips, beautiful flowers and juicy vegetables. 2) Talking Tomatoes - I adore tomatoes and have grown them for myself and clients for many years. Growing tips and lots of great variety recommendations. 3) Designing an Organic Gardening - A mix of veg gardens and ornamental gardening information with loads of design tips for a pleasing and productive garden. 4) Tales from the Potting Shed - A whirlwind tour of the gardens in which I have worked (Highgrove, Cole Park, Sting’s Lake House etc.) with some tips and tales along the way. 5) The exciting world of No-dig and Polyculture - explaining the benefits and practicalities, plus how to implement these sustainable and productive gardening techniques in your garden.

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Catherine Horwood

I am an experienced and popular speaker regularly asked back by clubs and societies. Currently only taking local daytime bookings due to work commitments but virtual talks are available at all times. Do contact to discuss.

Based in: London, UK
Distance willing to travel: Local to London
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: From £125

Talks: Beth Chatto - a life with plants based on my biography Gardening Women - a selection of fascinting stories from across the centuries Potted History - a look at why and for how long house plants have taken over our homes The Cutting Garden - exploring the background to the current popularity of growing cut flowers ROSE - the cultural history of the world's favourite flower

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