Alys Fowler

Alys Fowler

You'll find Alys at the Show on Friday and Saturday - be sure to catch one of her sessions at the Gardeners' World Magazine Theatre, the Grow your Own Area and A Taste of Greenacre, where she'll be giving demonstrations on top gardening techniques in her own signature style. Come along and see one of the following sessions:

Gardeners' World Magazine Theatre

Remember, these sessions will fill up quickly so to add seats to your booking for just £3 by calling 0844 579 3162. 

Grow your Own Area

 A Taste of Greenacre

Sessions in the Grow your Own Area and A Taste of Greenacre are FREE of charge and do not require booking, so you can drop by as often as you like.

Biography

Alys has been a gardener since her teens, and after leaving school trained with the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the New York Botanical Gardens and studied a masters degree in Society, Science and the Environment. She later worked as a journalist on Horticulture Week and Landscape Review and joined the Gardeners' World team first as a horticultural researcher and later as Head Gardener at the programme's Berryfields garden.

Alys's inspiration from urban gardening projects began during her time in New York. Much of the ethic, thrift and spirit that thrives in such settings is found in her work today. Alys contributes regularly to Gardens Illustrated, and her first book, The Thrifty Gardener was published in 2008.
Alys has just finished filming the new series of Gardener's World, now based in Birmingham.

She is currently working on her new book called The Edible Garden (published March 2010 by BBC Books) which is a tie in to her new TV series which also airs in March on BBC2.