Ecological thinking
Julia Boulton introduces her new column
Welcome to our new Amateur Gardening column, we’re very excited to be here! Since 2007, I have worked within my grandma’s business. Firstly from a distance (I grew up and lived in the Midlands), and later moving here to Essex in 2013 with my husband, Ian and children, Ned and Eleanor, to work full time at the Gardens. What an absolute privilege that has been.
During that period, Beth and I were able to spend a great deal of time together which enabled me to get to the fundamentals