Home Guild Members Alex Valk Specialities Website Editor Website Writer Writer: Consumer Magazines Writer: Local Newspapers Writer: Trade & Professional Alex Valk RHS Level 2 Horticulture Diploma Full Member Biography Alex Valk is a freelance gardener, writer and designer. She is a Greenfingers ambassador and has gardened for Middleton Hall & Gardens, Michelin Star restaurant The Boat, and award-winning garden company Lupin, all in the West Midlands. In 2025 she won a gold medal for her small show garden, After The End, at Gardener's World Live. Alex was a finalist in the 2026 Garden Media Guild Awards in the Digital Writer category. She has written for the English Garden, Amateur Gardening, Birmingham Dispatch, Radicle, Horticulture Week, Garden Folk Magazine and Well+Good. She also writes a regular Substack, GROW. As well as her Level 2, she also earned a Garden Design Certificate from Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture in 2023. She won a bursary place for the London College of Garden Design Plant Design Diploma, which she will take up in 2027. Talks Based in: West Midlands, UK Distance willing to travel: 20 miles Virtual talks available: Yes Fees: £200 Talks: - How to create an ecosystem in your garden - while keeping it looking beautiful - Grow like a chef - grow the food Michelin chefs want in their kitchens - Gardening trends - how to work out what is good for your garden, or just a passing fad Address West MidlandsUnited 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