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Vanessa Berridge
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Vanessa Berridge

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Biography

Writer: national and international consumer magazines, national newspapers. Launched The English Garden in 1997. I now write on gardens and garden history, and review fiction and non-fiction for magazines and newspapers. I also give talks on gardens and garden history at literary festivals, garden clubs and U3A meetings. My books include The Princess's Garden: Royal Intrigue and the Untold Story of Kew (2015), Great British Gardeners: From Early Plantsmen to Chelsea Medal Winners (2018) and Borde Hill: A Plant Hunter's Paradise (2022). Kiftsgate Court Gardens: Three Generations of Women Gardeners won the 2019 GMG Garden Book of the Year. I am county organiser for the National Garden Scheme in Gloucestershire. I also open my garden for the scheme.


Talks

Based in: Winchcombe
Distance willing to travel: Round trip of 100 miles
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £100 plus travelling expenses

Talks: 1. WHAT GARDENS TELL US ABOUT HISTORY 2. GREAT BRITISH GARDENERS 3. THE PRINCESS’S GARDEN: ROYAL INTRIGUE AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF KEW GARDENS 4. KIFTSGATE COURT GARDENS: THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN GARDENERS 5. BORDE HILL: A PLANT HUNTER’S PARADISE 6. GARDEN HEAVEN: INSPIRATION AND ESCAPISM FOR EVERY GARDENER 7. THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME AND THE GARDENS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE


Address

The Gate
80 North Street
Winchcombe
GL54 5PS
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom

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