Hilary Thomas: Lecturer
Having taught horticulture, planting and garden design at Capel Manor I am able to lecture on a wide range of related topics. I have an excellent collection of slides to illustrate my talks and am willing to travel a reasonable distance to give daytime or evening lectures. Below is a list of the titles of some of my talks but I am open to other suggestions:

• Designing a garden for low maintenance and all year interest
• Planting Design: form, foliage and colour in the garden
• Vertical gardening: using wall shrubs and climbing plants
• Right Plant: Right Place: how soil, aspect and climate affect plant selection
• Herbaceous plants and grasses for seasonal excitement and colour
• A bulb for every season
• Trees and shrubs for changing seasons
• Unromantic gardening – soil, composts, fertilisers
• Plant naming – why do plants have such difficult names?
• Lawn maintenance: seasonal jobs throughout the year