Category Archives: RHS Ambassador
For the love of gardening
What an honour it was to be the guest speaker at The Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s AGM & Member’s Day yesterday (19.10.19) on my home ‘turf’ in Manchester, at Lancashire Cricket Ground. I strongly bee-lieve that making events like this accessible … Continue reading
Leaves are falling, autumn is calling
Autumn, a time for crisp walks, admiring the beautiful changing landscape, kicking leaves and home to Mum’s soup. We’ve had a right mixed bag of weather recently; it was shorts & t shirt for an autumn day at Chatsworth, a … Continue reading
My trip to RHS Garden Wisley wraps up a Royal Summer
It was back to RHS Garden Wisley and ‘Back to Nature’ last week as I wrapped up a summer of gardening and Blue Peter filming with Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. Catherine’s ‘Back to Nature’ Garden is inspired by … Continue reading
How many kinds of sweet flowers grow, in an English country garden?
From visiting flower shows, to watching flowers grow, here’s my summer summary of all things floral, in my English country – ish – garden!
My ‘Right Royal Blog’ as I go Back To Nature, with HRH The Duchess of Cambridge on Blue Peter
It’s a ‘Right Royal Blog’ today, as I had the most incredible opportunity to film for Blue Peter with HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. Along with a group of home-ed kids, BP presenter, Lindsey, Catherine and I pond dipped, planted, … Continue reading
Back to nature at RHS Chelsea
I’ve been posting on social media all week about my visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show and here’s a very quick wrap up. I could write about perfect plants, sublime sculptures, lush landscaping and epic engineering, but for … Continue reading
Filming for Blue Peter at Kew Botanical Gardens
Apologies I haven’t wrote in a while, I’ve been crazy busy, working hard and playing hard! Anyway, on an absolutely gorgeous sunny day a few weeks ago, I visited Kew Botanical Gardens, where I filmed for Blue Peter; the clip is … Continue reading
Keep calm and plant a seed !
I hope you enjoyed reading last week’s post about a greener garden and maybe you feel inspired to grow more of your own fruit, herbs and veg. This week’s blog is based on what we’re planning to grow in our … Continue reading
Time to ‘shake some action’!
On Friday, I took part in a second school strike, where millions of young people from all over the world came together to protest about climate change. Whilst the school strike aimed to draw attention to the effects of global … Continue reading
Youth Strike 4 Climate – ‘Cause Young ‘Uns are calling out and we live for our future!
It’s over a week since I took part in the Youth Strike 4 Climate and it’s taken me just as long to come down to earth. Let’s just say, I’ve been tired ever since! That day was a turning point … Continue reading
