Home Guild Members Ruth Goudy Specialities Sound Broadcaster: Local Radio Website Writer Writer: Local Newspapers Writer: Trade & Professional Ruth Goudy Full Member Biography Ruth is a freelance writer. She regularly contributes to Inside Horticulture. She has written for Flora culture International, Horticulture Week and the ‘Garden View’ section in Garden Answers. She thoroughly enjoys being a ‘Garden Expert’ on BBC Radio Suffolk’s gardening hour. Ruth and her husband, Paul, started a plant nursery in Suffolk in 2002. They built the nursery on an empty field, bought a second hand shed and initially opened at weekends. They were growing plants, potting up and weeding with their daughter in the pram beside them. Twenty years later they run a successful garden centre. She loves the ‘hands on’ side of the work and believes that gardening and nature has a place in all our lives, so she enjoys the chance to share this via workshops, talks, writing and social media. Her blogs feature her research into folklore of plants and their healing properties. Additional Interests Favorite jobs are planting hanging baskets, running her gardening club for dementia patients and their carers and potting up bare root perennials. Most common expression is "This is my favorite plant . . . .. " but the plant changes every day! Researching the folklore of wildflowers and taking time to meditate on their spiritual meanings. Talks Based in: Ipswich Distance willing to travel: Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, London. Approx. 1 hrs travel although this can be negotiated. Virtual talks available: Yes Fees: See my website for details Talks: Flower Power – How Flowers benefit our Wellbeing How to Connect to the Flowers – The ‘Language of the Flowers’, flower essences and modern interpretations. Building a Nursery from Scratch – the good, the bad and the plants! Creating a space to remember someone special – from a bunch of flowers to a memorial garden Plants of the Bible – where they appear and how they help our faith. Greener Gardening – Plastic, Peat and being Sustainable (not available via zoom as we look at examples) Three Generations of Farming in Kesgrave, Suffolk – Fruit, Arable and Horticulture 1930s to present Address SuffolkUnited Kingdom Contact Details Contact Member × Send Message * indicates a required field Name* *required Phone Number* *required Email Address* *required Invalid email address Subject* *required Message* *required Please complete the Google reCAPTCHA