speakers & lecturers
If you're a member of a garden club, horticultural society or similar organisation looking for a speaker to give a talk to your members, staff and others, then look no further than the Garden Media Guild members who are speakers and lecturers.
Members of the Garden Media Guild are either well-known writers, authors, photographers, bloggers, social media influencers, or radio or TV presenters. Our directory provides a list of the most popular talks they give – although they may have more – their contact details and fees.
Please note
This is a service for clubs and societies, provided by the Guild. The Garden Media Guild is not responsible for the speakers in any way and we cannot enter into any conversations with the clubs, societies and speakers concerning bookings, or any other matter, or any dispute that may arise from any subsequent bookings.
How to use
You can either see the full list of our members who give talks – simply scroll down the page – or you can search for a speaker.
If you know the name of the speaker you are interested in, type their name in the search box below.
If you're looking for a speaker within a certain distance of your club or society, type your postcode in the box plus the maximum number of miles you're willing for them to travel to you. You can also use the Speaker’s Home Town/City search box.
If you're looking for a specific topic, type this in the Talk Topic box. A list of all the speakers who talk on this subject will be returned.
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Virtual Talks Available
Edward Flint
Very much a working, hands-on gardener, lecturing for many years at the English Gardening School and course tutor at Dixter on the 'Art & Craft of Gardening'. Keen to support local horticultural societies and groups.
Based in: East Sussex
Distance willing to travel: Any distance
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £150 for existing talks, plus travel expenses (& accommodation if required).
Talks:
Autumn Sown Hardy Annuals
Companionable Annuals
What Makes A Good Garden
Meadows & Meadow Gardening
Meadow Bulbs: a calendar
Woodland Gardens
My Woodland Garden: A Robinsonian Dream
Favourite Perennials
Container Gardens
Lessons from Great Dixter
Hellebores: Jewels of Winter
Perennials for Cutting
Plants That Define Me
A Diet of Worms: horticultural heresies, indulgences & enlightenments
Roses & Friends
Shrubs In The Mixed Border
Best of Friends: planting combinations to delight
Please note, I prefer bookings from September to March.
Contact
Elaine Fraser-Gausden
I give talks with my two sisters (the3Growbags) on a variety of subjects including gardening across the country, running a gardening website, and how to grow happy plants.
Based in: Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
Distance willing to travel: 50 miles, but we can also give talks in Scotland (one of us lives there)
Virtual talks available: No
Fees: £100- £150 plus travel expenses
Talks:
Gardening in England, Scotland or Normandy
Running a gardening website together
How to grow happy plants
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Sabine Freifrau von Süsskind
Based in: Munich, Germany
Distance willing to travel: 200km
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: 500,- Euro and travel expenses
Talks:
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Paul French
My speaking topics range from Heritage Photography and Gardens to Local History, I do not offer talks on Gardening and Horticulture - others are better than me
Based in: Lymington
Distance willing to travel: 50 miles
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £75 plus £0.50 per mile & accommodation if needed
Talks:
List to follow
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Vicki Gardner
I supply a specialist garden photo library, GAP as well as having work with Getty Images and Alamy. I am Garden Photographer at the Italian Garden of Great Ambrook in Devon where I document this historically and architecturally important garden as it undergoes sympathetic restoration. I also teach mindfulness.
Based in: Newton Abbot, Devon
Distance willing to travel: 20 miles with no expenses. Further distances with expenses.
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: Negotiable, starting from £75.
Talks:
The Italian Garden at Great Ambrook
Improving Your Garden Photography
Mindfulness in Gardening and Nature.
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Christin Geall
Christin Geall is the author of FLORA CULTURE: HOW FLOWERS SHAPE OUR WORLD and CULTIVATED: THE ELEMENTS OF FLORAL STYLE.
Based in:
Distance willing to travel: Anywhere
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: TBD
Talks:
Flora Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Karen Gimson
Talks about garden design, choosing and using plants, growing flowers and veg.
Based in: LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, UK
Distance willing to travel: Distances negotiable.
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: Fee negotiable. Plus .45p per mile I supply quality projector, microphone and speakers, and laptop.
Talks:
365 days of colour.
My life as a garden designer.
Planting containers for seasonal colour with a planting demonstration.
Creating a show garden for Rainbows Children’s Hospice.
Bulbs: choosing and planting bulbs, corms and tubers.
Focus on dahlias, salvias and special plants. How to grow them.
Choosing small trees and underplanting them, with a focus on creating mini-wildflower areas.
Christmas specials: creating home-made table decorations and front door plant pots using material from the garden.
Bespoke talks created for garden clubs, u3a and floristry societies. Please ask!
Dahlias- everything you need to know.
Roses- everything you need to know about growing and using roses for home floristry.
Snowdrops- everything you need to know to grow and enjoy them
Wildlife gardening special.
Making your garden more resilient. Ways to combat flooding and drought. How to make and use home-made compost.
A donation is made to charity with every talk. Ask for details please.
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Ruth Goudy
I give talks in person or via zoom. Each talk is accompanied by a presentation using plenty of my colourful flower pictures. I like people to feel uplifted and entertained as well as educated! I am happy to answer any questions after each talk.
Based in: Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
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
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Megan Green
Brand Social Media Influencer of the Year 2025, with over 8 years of experience in the world of horticulture from retail, plant buying, merchandising and 4 years’ experience in social media marketing. Happy to talk about all things gardening, plants and organic socials!
Based in: Wotton-Under-Edge
Distance willing to travel: Up to 40 miles
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: Negotiable
Talks:
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Michael Griffiths
Michael Griffiths is a gardening expert, author of The Easy Garden, and one of the UK’s most-followed gardening voices. He speaks with no jargon about making gardening simpler, which jobs actually matter, when to do them, and why the best garden is the one that fits your life.
Based in: Bristol
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees:
Talks:
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