I’m Sorrel Everton - and with a first name like that (sorrel is a herb and a small woodland flower) the question is whether I was always destined to love plants. Well, I absolutely do love plants and find horticulture an endlessly fascinating part of our world, which can offer so much to so many people.

I began gardening alongside my parents; my father in the vegetable patch, my mother curating the flowers and shrubs.

My original training was in publishing and I was so lucky to begin my career with BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, followed by a number of years working on a wide range of editorial projects. I then returned to the horticultural scene working for Gardens Illustrated – feeling very much that I had come home. It was at this time that I gained my RHS Diploma in Horticulture Level 2 and really immersed myself in my own garden.

After 19 years with Gardens Illustrated, I went on to study Planting Design at the London College of Garden Design, and now pursue more directly how choosing the right palette of plants for the right place – and these days we need to think about the right moment in our climate change journey too – should go hand in hand with good garden design in creating an engaging, manageable and sustainable outdoor space for people to enjoy.

I am based in Bristol.

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