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Tamsin Westhorpe talk


'The past and present of horticulture', by Tamsin Westhorpe

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As Tamsin notes on her website:

‘I speak to thousands of gardeners every year who visit my open garden Stockton Bury – this gives me first-hand knowledge of what gardeners want and worry about’

With over 25 years’ experience in the horticultural industry, Tamsin has plenty of practical, hands on advice to share. Her career has seen her edit The English Garden magazine for six years, write scripts for gardening TV shows, lecture at Kingston Maurward College in Dorset and care for parks and gardens. She is now a freelance writer and curator and gardener of Stockton Bury Gardens, Herefordshire (listed by The Times in the top 20 gardens to visit July 2017). Tamsin is also an RHS Chelsea Flower Show Judge and an acclaimed gardening author. She is featured in the list of top 100 women in horticulture compiled by Hort Week Magazine in March 2023.

She is a prolific speaker and tutor experienced in working with large audiences in all sorts of environments. She has spoken at schools and colleges to encourage careers in journalism and horticulture. In 2019 she was a speaker at The Bishops Palace Festival in Wells alongside Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank and at RHS Malvern Spring Festival she was a speaker and expert on the Women’s forum along with BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley. At Hellen’s festival in Herefordshire she was joined by Terry Walton.

Event Start Date 06 June 2025 6.00pm
Event End Date 06 June 2025 7.00pm
Cost £10
Event Location 16-19 Horse Fair
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 0AN
Event Contact Gill Groombridge
Telephone 01483 447540
Contact gill.groombridge@plantheritage.org.uk

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