Event 31

Friday 8th November 2024 @ 12 noon

Event 31 | Carol Klein | Hortobiography

£15.00

Carol Klein – Hortobiography 

Carol Klein is one of Britain’s best loved horticulturists, and for decades gardening has been at the heart of her extraordinary life. From her childhood adventures in Manchester to her first experiments in plantswomanship at Glebe Cottage, and from training as an artist and a teacher, and then finding an entirely unexpected career as one of Britain’s best known broadcasters, in this long awaited memoir Carol tells the story of the people, places and plants that have shaped her life.

in conversation with Sally Laverack

When: Friday 8th November 2024 @ 12 noon
Where: Electric Palace
Sponsored by: John and Maggie Mills

Description

Carol Klein has become a familiar face to gardening viewers. She has featured on (almost) every Gardeners’ World programme since 2005 and she has also presented two award-winning six-part series, ‘Grow Your Own Veg’ and ‘Life in a Cottage Garden’ as well as covering most of the RHS Flower Shows during this period. Over the last thirty three years she has built a garden at Glebe Cottage that has often been the subject of articles in the gardening press and the location for gardening programmes and over this time she has  also run a plant nursery, exhibiting at more than 200 RHS Shows winning many gold medals, six of which were at The Chelsea Flower Show.  Her stands and her aesthetic style have become synonymous with innovative, naturalistic gardening.  She is a prolific author and has written numerous books including Grow Your Own Veg which sold more than a quarter of a million copies and was named ‘best-selling gardening book’ for two years running; she writes regularly in the gardening press and for national newspapers.  Carol gardens organically, for her it’s all about having faith in nature and natural processes and enjoying the privilege of gardening.

Sally Laverack has been one of the team of interlocutors for the Bridport Literary Festival since 2011, and has a special interest in history. After working as a reporter/producer for the BBC in the North East for a number of years, Sally joined the commercial broadcasting regulator, the IBA/ITC.  She retired to Dorset in 2000.

 

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