Sally is an experienced no-dig, organic gardener and plant lover, growing her first plants at the tender age of 5. She is a botanist by training, author and freelance writer specialising in resilient, climate change gardening, organic gardening, smallholding, wildlife and countryside issues. Sally is an experienced speaker and has given talks at RHS Hampton Court.

She is the former editor of Organic Farming Magazine published by the Soil Association and writes for magazines such as for Living Earth, Bloom and Amateur Gardening and other titles in the gardening and smallholder field.
Sally’s latest book is The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, Her talk on ‘The Resilient Gardener’ looks at how to make your growing space better able to deal with changeable climate – covering topics such as soil (no dig, living roots, root diversity,. mulches, living mulches), diverse planting, natural predators, flowers to grow, managing water (too much and too little) and ending with rewilding.