I have decades of experience writing about the natural world, history and heritage for audiences of many types and am happy to continue to do so. Please get in touch if you’d like me to contribute to your publication or organisation in this way.

Recent experience includes my four books (‘I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast’, ‘Smart Animals’, ‘A Jungle In Your Living Room’ and ‘The Little Gardener’s Handbook’ which are expanded upon in the ‘Writing’ section.

Additional writing has included:
• Several articles for ‘Simply Beautiful Gardens’ magazine.
• Over 20 gardening articles for BBC Gardener’s World website

Illustrated talks I’ve given in the past include the following titles:

• 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 - A series of 4 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.

These are typically 45 minutes to an hour in length and can be in person or online.

I offer a range of short, medium and long workshops on many different topics and themes for ages 2 to 102. A few examples of topics include:

•Plants in our lives
• Simple propagation and container gardening for the urban farmer
• Terrariums and propagation
• Natural remedies and simple home cures
• Gardening with mobility in mind
• Gardening with sustainability in mind
• Nature-based art
• Upcycling for a better future
• Ecology and wildlife gardening
• Flight Club- kites, planes & more
• Carnivorous plants and other amazing plant adaptations
• Biomimicry

Many more can be devised, including amalgamations of the above into medley sessions.

If you’re looking for educational advice, guidance on setting up a plant-based project, or even an aspect of your Learning Programme, I am more than happy to help and have 25 years’ experience under my belt. Examples of recent jobs include:

•Advising artist Kerry Lemon with numerous site specific permanent sculptural installations to make sure they boost local biodiversity.

• Giving pond restoration advice to Stepney City Farm with native flora & fauna and accessibility in mind.

• Sharing insights & experience with the team at Bowwood House & Gardens, Wiltshire -helping them to develop their educational schools programme.