I first attended Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival as a visitor in 2022 and was blown away by the show.The RHS allotment area particularly inspired me. So much so that I bought some paper and colouring pens and, on the train home to Newcastle, roughly designed an allotment garden for Hampton Court of my own. In the 12 months that followed – including my application being accepted and the run up to 2023’s show – the design that I initially drew up during that rail journey barely changed.
Pots to Plots reflects on my own gardening journey and the idea that anyone can grow edible plants; there are no boundaries when gardening. Growing herbs on a windowsill led me to a job
