Nick Bailey ‘Unusual Urban Edibles’

Celebrating 30 years in horticulture Nick is a leading English Plantsman and Garden Designer who has created and managed gardens on four continents. He splits his time between designing gardens, horticultural consultancy, public speaking, writing and presenting on BBC Gardeners’ World.

After studying horticulture at Hadlow College and receiving an honours degree in Landscape Design (1st) from Greenwich University, Nick has worked across many sectors of horticulture over the last 30 years, including nursery stock production, garden management, garden design, teaching, public speaking, horticultural consultancy, writing and broadcasting.

He has designed and managed numerous gardens throughout the UK, Spain, South Africa and Australia. And created his first Main Avenue Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2016 (Silver Gilt). Nick is also the former Head Gardener at London’s oldest botanic garden – Chelsea Physic Garden, where he spent seven years redesigning and developing the site and its plant collections for a contemporary audience.