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Janice Shipp

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About

Horticulture training includes RHS Master of Horticulture, City and Guilds Planting Design. I have done a garden maintenance round, progressed to planting designs and then went to work for Which? Gardening magazine at their trial garden in the grounds of Capel Manor College. I started there on a temporary 3 months maternity cover and stayed 14 years, becoming the manager of the trial garden. I wrote for the magazine on a regular basis for most of that time, contributing around 18 articles a year. These included a monthly New Plants article which was a round-up of the new varieties we'd grown and regular articles on herbaceous perennials, roses, climbers, shrubs, quite a lot of fruit and some veg. Most of these articles were based on the trials we'd grown in the trial garden. I also wrote a regular round-up of the many Citizen Science surveys on garden wildlife and items for the news pages. I helped put together shoot lists and posed for photos for the 'What to do in your garden in …..' section, otherwise known as the jobs pages. I also took part in the monthly member phone-in, answering tricky gardening questions from our members. It was a fantastic mix of growing and writing and I had a great time doing it until I decided to move on at the end of 2018. Now I'm a freelance garden writer and am getting used to a new way of life and new challenges.

Additional Interests

Wildlife, especially pollinating insects and birds. Plant breeding and new varieties. RHS forum member for fruit and herbaceous AGM trials. Rose judge. Growing vegetables on an allotment. Walking, especially in the Peak District and on coast paths round Britain.

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