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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Rosemary Hardy
Rosy Hardy has won 23 RHS Chelsea gold medals in the Floral Marquee, and other RHS and other floral exhibition awards. She is recognised in the UK as a leading plantswoman for herbaceous perennials. She studied horticulture at Writtle College. And is a Vice President of the RHS.
Based in: Whitchurch
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: No
Fees: £400
Talks:
From back garden to gold medals
Seasonal perennials
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Miria Harris
Miria Harris has been a guest speaker on various panels including at the Garden Museum in 2025 to launch ‘The New Beautiful’ book. She recently delivered a webinar as part of SGLD’s CPD digital programme, is a guest lecturer at KLC and has participated in short films and podcasts.
Based in: London
Distance willing to travel: any, dependent on fees / expenses and time
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: to be negotiated
Talks:
Sustainability and innovation in Landscape and Garden Design. Roses in Modern Gardens
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
DAVID HEDGES-GOWER
DHG is an author, Chairman of The Lawn Association, creator of the first formal lawn care qualification. With over forty years’ expertise and a passion for sustainability, he champions eco-friendly solutions like the True Garden Range and delivers expert seminars and media guidance
Based in: oxford
Distance willing to travel: Nationally, if required
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: TBD
Talks:
A range of talks, too many to mention
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Grace Hensley
I speak on a variety of subjects around garden photography, specifically camera usage, smartphone photography, editing, and finding your style, as well as garden business image strategy
Based in: Bainbridge Island, WA, USA, United States of America
Distance willing to travel: worldwide
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: Variable depending on time and distance
Talks:
* Picture Perfect Phone Photography - Getting Great Garden Photography with your Smartphone
* Picture Perfect Portfolio - Image strategy for horticultural businesses
* Growing your Gut from the Ground up - The tiny world of our microbiomes and health though gardening
* Floral Flatlays - the art of arranging flowers on a table
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Phao Hewitson
Based in: West Midlands, UK
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees:
Talks:
Contact
Tom Hoblyn
Tom regularly speaks at events, most recently at Sandringham as part of Barcham Trees On Tour series
Based in: Bury St Edmunds
Distance willing to travel: Anywhere
Virtual talks available: No
Fees: dependent on calibre of talk
Talks:
Chelsea
Botany
Fruit
Design
Climate Change
Plant hunting
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Geoff Hodge
Geoff Hodge is a garden writer, broadcaster and editor, working for various national gardening magazines and websites – as well as lots more besides! Previously, he was the Online Editor for the Royal Horticultural Society, Gardening Editor and Editor of Garden News magazine and Technical Editor of Garden Answers magazine.
Based in: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK
Distance willing to travel: I regularly travel up to 120 miles. Venues further afield may incur an additional payment on my fees plus overnight hotel accommodation; please ask when making enquiries.
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £125 plus 42p* per mile travelling expenses.
* This is my current mileage rate. Travelling expenses are dependent on fuel prices at the time of the talk, and may have to change accordingly.
Fees for talks by Zoom are £95 using the club's Zoom account, £110 using mine.
Talks:
All Muck & Magic? The Answer Lies In The Soil!
A Tapestry of Foliage
Bugs & Garden Plagues – Pest & Disease Control
Clematis: The Queen Of The Climbers
Easy Gardening – Low-Maintenance Gardens
Gardening on Chalk
Gardening on Clay
Gardening on the Coast
Gardening with Changing Climate – Gardening in the Global Greenhouse
Gardening in Dry & Drought Conditions – Drought-resisting Plants
Gardening in the Shade
Gardening Inside – Greenhouse Gardening
GYO Veg – Grow Your Own Vegetables
Happy, Healthy Roses
Happy Houseplants – The Indoor Jungle
Luscious Lawns – Lawncare for Perfect Lawns
Plants for Problem Places
Propagation – Plants for Free
Pruning – Making it Simple: The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fragrant Plants & The Scented Garden
The 12-Month Garden – Colour All Year Round
The Life & Times of a Gardening Editor
Weeds & the Weed-free Garden
Winter Colour in the Garden – Beating the Winter Blues
Q&As - have all your gardening questions answered
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Michael Holland
Michael has a good selection of interesting illustrated talks - drawn from his varied career and interests on numerous aspects of the natural world, social history, health and botany.
Based in: London, UK
Distance willing to travel: 100 MILES
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £175 including reasonable travel from London
Talks:
• Five Plants That Changed the World
• There’s No Such Thing as a Houseplant
•State of the Art Healing Plants
• Tales from the Fruit Bowl - Four separate talks on beloved fruits' stories, history, geography, folklore, symbolism, botany, nutrition, chemistry & more.
Each talk highlights a plant family with notable members:
○ Zest & the Rest - the Citrus family
○ Gourd Almighty - the Cucurbitaceae family
○ Saucy & Spicy - the Solanaceae family
○ Core & More - the Rosaceae family
• The 12 Plants of Christmas - Wreaths, Raisins & Roasties - a delve into the backstories and folklore of some common festive favourites
• London's Parks and Gardens
• Food is Medicine
• Container Gardening for Food and Medicines.
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Molly Hollman
Based in: Kent, UK
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £80 for a 1 hour 30 minute zoom talk or £85 for a live in person talk in my area of South East Kent.
Talks:
How to photograph flowers and plants (aimed at Gardening Societies, covering the basics as to how to get gorgeous shots with just a phone, and a bit about my life as a garden photographer).
Contact
Virtual Talks Available
Caroline Holmes
Academic but not dry, see website for full details
Based in: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Distance willing to travel: Any
Virtual talks available: Yes
Fees: £300+
Talks:
Herbs for the Gourmet Gardener
Monet at Giverny
Impressionists in their Gardens
Painter and plantsman Cedric Morris Irises and beyond
Permission to Poison - the Alnwick Garden
Memphis before Elvis - Egyptian plants and gardens
Sheer folly - a walk through garden history
Slay them with flowers - Doctor Shatterhand’s garden
Full list on website www.horti-history.com
Contact