Learn to Garden

I’m passionate about giving people confidence in their own garden and helping them to discover and nurture an enthusiasm for plants.  

Alongside working one on one with clients in their own gardens I run small classes in my own developing garden, giving new gardeners practical advice, hands on experience and encouragement.

For 12 years I trod the boards as a soprano, travelling constantly, and performed in some wonderful places from Glyndebourne to the Lincoln Centre, the Opera Bastille to South Korea. In 2020 I swapped concert dresses for muddy boots and retrained in gardening and garden design.

I trained in Garden Design at the English Gardening School and in 2022 won both the Judges Choice and People’s Choice Award in my first show border at the Belvoir Castle Flower Show sponsored by the London College of Garden Design. I have an RHS Levels 2 and 3 diploma, have attended symposia and the Art and Craft of Gardening at Great Dixter, and continue to take every opportunity to learn about plants, to satisfy my own curiosity as well as to better help my clients.

I share the creation of my own garden over on Instagram @katy_in_the_garden and was shortlisted as Garden Influencer of the Year at the 2025 GMG Awards. I have also presented from my own garden on Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club on ITV. I love to write about the joys and woes of gardening and have written for the Telegraph and Garden Answers magazine. My blog won ‘Gardening Blog of the Year’ in the 2020 GMG Awards.