Speakers
The lineup
Below is the list of our incredible speakers, who they are, and what they do!
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Benny Hawksbee
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Charlotte Harris
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Chris Baines
Horticulturalist, landscape architect, independent environmentalist, naturalist, writer and broadcaster
Chris Baines is…
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Darryl Moore
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Errol Reuben Fernandes
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Jac Semmler
Director, design and horticultural lead at Australia based Super Bloom Plant Practice
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.
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John Little
Gardener, creator of Grass Roof Company, creator of carenotcapital
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
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Jo McKerr
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Katy Merrington
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Nigel Dunnett
Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield
Nigel Dunnett is…
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Owen Hayman
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Peter Korn
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Richard Scott
Director National Wildflower Centre, Chair of Friends of St James’s Garden & UK Urban Ecology Forum
Richard Scott is…
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Sally Bower
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Sarah Wilson
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Sheila Das
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Tracy McQue