Rich Heathcote

I am a writer for Gardener's World Magazine, a Garden Designer (specialising in planting design). I first trained as a professional gardener under Adam Frost. I give talks on my career including my experience with Gardener’s World, as well as general gardening and design topics.

Based in: Pickering, North Yorkshire
Distance willing to travel: Within an hour or so of Pickering, North Yorkshire (including York and Leeds). Exceptions include large events/conferences elsewhere in the UK, subject to overnight stay expenses. Areas within half an hour of Pickering (including Malton, Helmsley, Scarborough and Whitby) incur no expenses.
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: Depends on the length and content of the talk, please get in touch for prices.

Talks: I am not currently taking any more bookings for 2027, and have not yet opened up bookings for 2028. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please get in touch. Talks include (but are not limited to): A Career in Horticulture - how I trained as a professional gardener, how I became a designer and then a writer for Gardener's World Magazine, and my tips for starting a career in horticulture, particularly for career-changers as I was. Gardener's World: Behind the scenes and on the page - including my experiences when I was Adam Frost's gardener (behind the scenes for TV and the magazine) and working/writing for the magazine myself. Gardening Basics - Edibles: How to start growing your own food OR Ornamentals: Starting from scratch in a new garden. Designing Your Garden: How to set about designing an outdoor space that works for you, taking into account level of experience, time for maintenance, budget, family considerations and size of plot. This talk can be tailored on request towards simplifying gardens to make them more manageable without resorting to just shrubs and lawn. Substack: How I created and run The English Country Garden. An introduction to using Substack as a writing platform to earn money. With a wide range of experience I am able to tailor talks to specific groups, so if you have a topic that you would like a talk on, do get in touch and I can let you know if it's within my area of knowledge.

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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

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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

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Phao Hewitson

Based in: West Midlands, UK
Distance willing to travel:
Virtual talks available: Yes

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David Hinckley

I am very experienced in public speaking and have presented many varied talks to Gardening Clubs and Societies. My partner Claire joins me in the talks, she is a qualified Biology Teacher

Based in: Kettering
Distance willing to travel: 100 mile round trip
Virtual talks available: Yes

Fees: £135 + 0.45p per mile travel Zoom £85

Talks: Garlic: A Comprehensive Exploration Heritage Tomato Cultivation: Preserving Living History Soil Science Secrets: The Hidden World Beneath Our Feet Master Composting: Turning Waste into Garden Gold Biostimulants: why the Nice to Have has become the Have to Have Containerised Vegetable Growing: No Garden? No Problem? Polytunnel Production Strategies: Extending Your Growing Potential Herbs: Cultivation, Culinary and Medicinal Uses Growing Strawberries at Home: All you need to know Cultivating and Collecting Hardy Ferns Garden Design and Build Basics Top Fruit: Cultivating and Exploring Apples, Pears, Plums, Apricots Bespoke talks available on request

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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

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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: £130 plus 45p* 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 £100 using the club's Zoom account, £115 using mine. These are my fees for gardening clubs and societies. They may be higher for other organisations.

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

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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 - a talk about houseplants. •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. •5 Women, 5 Centuries, 5 Plants.

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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).

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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

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