Speakers

The lineup

Below is the list of our incredible speakers, who they are, and what they do!

  • Benny Hawksbee

    Gardener at Eden Nature Garden and Guardian of Whitewebbs Park

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    Benny Hawksbee is…

  • Charlotte Harris

    Director at Harris Bugg Studio

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    Charlotte Harris is…

  • Chris Baines

    Horticulturalist, landscape architect, independent environmentalist, naturalist, writer and broadcaster

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    Chris Baines is…

  • Darryl Moore

    Garden and Landscape Designer and Writer

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    Darryl Moore is…

  • Errol Reuben Fernandes

    Head of Horticulture at the Horniman Museum and Gardens

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    Errol Reuben Fernandes is…

  • Jac Semmler

    Director, design and horticultural lead at Australia based Super Bloom Plant Practice

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    Jac Semmler is a plant practitioner and director of Super Bloom plant practice bringing dynamic living beauty, diversity and delight through planting design, high skill horticulture and plant x art projects, with a mission of 'plants for the people' in a changing climate. 
    Recognised horticulturist, advocate and innovator in wonderous dry summer planting, based in Australia and working internationally. Author of Super Bloom and The Super Bloom Handbook with Thames and Hudson, published worldwide.
    Photo credit: SarahPannell @SarahPannell

  • John Little

    Gardener, creator of Grass Roof Company, creator of carenotcapital

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    John argues


    Put the best gardeners in the poorest places

    Move money from capital into care

    Understand that gardened places are best for biodiversity and people

    Move novel landscapes higher up the BNG metric

    Understand that a modern public space gardener is much more than a horticulturist

    Keep waste on site and use it to make places beautiful and biodiverse

    Put soil and plants on roofs

  • Jo McKerr

    Gardener and Garden Designer

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    Jo McKerr is…

  • Katy Merrington

    Cultural Gardener at The Hepworth Wakefield

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    Katy Merrington is…

  • Nigel Dunnett

    Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield

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    Nigel Dunnett is…

  • Owen Hayman

    Horticulture Innovation Manager at The Green Estate

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    Owen Hayman is…

  • Peter Korn

    Plantsman

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    Peter Korn is…

  • Richard Scott

    Director National Wildflower Centre, Chair of Friends of St James’s Garden & UK Urban Ecology Forum

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    Richard Scott is…

  • Sally Bower

    Chartered Landscape Architect and Garden Designer

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    Sally Bower CMLI is…

  • Sarah Wilson

    Horticulturalist and Podcast Host

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    Sarah Wilson is…

  • Sheila Das

    Head of Gardens and Parks at The National Trust

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    Sheila Das is…

  • Tracy McQue

    Horticulturalist and Garden Designer

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    Tracy McQue is…