Projects
Sherwood House
Visiting Gardener
Since April 2025 I have been the visiting gardener at Sherwood House Care Home in Linby, Nottinghamshire. Having worked on the garden development over the last couple of years it has been a joy to work with the residents and their brilliant activities coordinator Jenni on the vegetable garden, bulb planting, upgrading planters and developing planting in a wildlife corridor.
We have a regular gardening group and occasionally we carry out indoor craft sessions to involve more residents. We have also done staff volunteering days to help keep the wider gardens free of weeds.
Pulp Friction
Lead Gardener, Chelsea Flower Show
I was employed by Pulp Friction from Feb 2021 until July 2024 as their lead gardener. I developed a number of community gardening initiatives, working alongside the members and the wider Pulp Friction family. In 2023, I successfully led an application with Dutch Landscape Architects to secure funding from Project Giving Back for the 'Pulp Friction Growing Skills Garden' at The Chelsea Flower Show 2024. I am worked alongside members, parents, volunteers and partners to grow around 1/3 of the plants for the garden, and was on site helping to build the garden and sharing it with visitors throughout the show.
Customer garden
Nottingham City Centre
I have been working on this garden for the last 4 years. It is stunning space that has a beautiful cliff face backdrop. I regularly do battle with the wisteria which is stunning when it is in flower. The garden features 2 main beds that I have redesigned and replanted and an elegant rose garden at the rear. It's a calm oasis next to one of the busiest roads in the city.
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Customer Garden
Sherwood Redesign
This was a small, weedy turfed sloping space to the rear of her relatively new house that was very overlooked and very hot in the summer. Working with Mike from Pev's Paving we collaborated on a scheme that would keep the border spaces but add in steps to create shade and privacy. Mike delivered the landscaping beautifully and I delivered the planting.
Queens Medical Centre
Tranquility Garden Maintainance
I volunteer at the Jo Thompson designed Tranquility Garden at QMC in Nottingham, alongside skilled and knowledgeable volunteers from Nottingham Organic Gardeners to keep the space looking fabulous. This has included bringing in lots of my home grown plants to increase the round year interest. The garden is exceptionally well used by staff and patients and every session usually includes a thank you conversation with someone enjoying the space.
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Lilya Lighthouse Education Trust
Building a new garden and student activities
Lilya Lighthouse is a new education provision in Nottingham. It is a neurodiverse-inclusive trust which is committed to working in partnership with children, young people, families, and our partner schools to create an education which works for everyone.
Working with the trustees and students, I have supported fundraising activities and sold plants to realise the building of a new garden at their base. We have cleared and planted up the space and are now moving forward with some more veg beds and a small garden that the students can maintain.