Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/09/2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Sir Bob Burgess Building
About the talk
Nick Bailey is a freelance horticulturalist, best-selling author, a regular presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World, garden designer and speaker and has recently been appointed as Director of the Leicester Botanic Garden (on a part time basis).
His illustrated talk will provide audiences with a fresh new approach to designing and planting their gardens along with a host of tips on rejuvenating tired plants, borders, lawns and patios. This coupled with a wide range of recommended plants for difficult situations will ensure there is ample take-home advice for all participants.
So, if your garden is looking tired, come and find out how to breathe new life into your garden.
About Nick:
After studying horticulture at Hadlow College and achieving a 1st class honours degree in Landscape Design from Greenwich University, Nick has worked across many sectors of horticulture over the last 30 years, including nursery stock production, garden management, garden design, teaching, public speaking writing and broadcasting.
Nick is currently a regular presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World to over 2.5million viewers. His film on plants associated with Shakespeare for Gardeners’ World won best TV programme at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2016.
He began his broadcasting career presenting Gardens Wild and Wonderful in South Africa (’95-’96) and spent four years as a panellist on BBC Radio Norfolk’s Garden Party. Nick has since appeared on BBC 2’s Great British Garden Revival and Big Dreams Small Spaces, as well as ITV News and BBC 1’s The One Show, BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme, and BBC Radio 2.
Nick’s horticultural media career spans some 15 years, during which time he worked as an editor for Garden Answers and Garden News, moving on to write freelance for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, RHS The Garden, The Mail, The Times and The Telegraph. He currently has regular columns in BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and Garden News.
Nick’s first book ‘Chelsea Physic Garden – A Companion Guide’ was published in 2014. His second book ‘365 Days of Colour in your Garden’ was published by Kyle Books in 2015 and has been a best seller ever since. His third book ‘Revive Your Garden’ was published in April 2018.
As a dynamic and entertaining public speaker, Nick has taught and lectured for Greenwich University, Chichester College, The English Garden School, The Mediterranean Garden Society, The Hardy Plant Society, and numerous garden groups and associations in the UK and overseas. He is a regular speaker at Gardeners’ World Live.
His work has taken him all over the world including designing and managing gardens in the UK, Spain, South Africa and Australia. Nick created his first Main Avenue Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower show in 2016 for which he received extensive plaudits from the press and judges along with a Silver Gilt Medal.
Nick was also Head Gardener for London’s famous Chelsea Physic Garden, where he spent seven years redesigning the gardens and diversifying the plant collection.
Venue: Sir Bob Burgess Building Lecture Theatre, Leicester University, LE2 7TF.
Note that this the new lecture theatre that we used last year. The car park is located on Putney Road, Leicester LE2 7TF. The carpark entrance is opposite Nixon Court accommodation. See site map.
This is a ticketed event. Cost: £15 (includes a glass of wine or soft drink.).
For more information email flisshector@gmail.com
All profits from this event will go to support the Trust’s “Schools into Gardening” scheme.
Each year we raise money from our Annual Lecture which, together with donations from members, enables us to support a range of educational projects that help schools and parents to encourage children to love gardens and landscapes, and to learn about where our food comes from.
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