About me

My passion for plants and gardens grew gradually from childhood, as I came from a family of keen gardeners. But I also love sport, and after working in both the sport and leisure industry and in a local hardy plant nursery, I decided that plants and gardens were for me. I applied for a place at Writtle Agricultural College, in Essex, and in 1996 I graduated with a Higher National Diploma in Horticulture.

The 3-year course included a year working in a garden centre and nursery in St Albans, as well as training in all fields of horticulture, such as propogation, planting, fruit and vegetables and glasshouse crops, and I gained my chemical spraying certificate.

After graduation I returned to the hardy plant nursery as manager, and when the nursery closed I became nursery supervisor at another local garden centre, where I remained for 11 years.

It has long been my wish to have my own gardening business, an ambition which I have now achieved.

Catherine Peachey