Carol Klein

Carol Klein

Carol Klein will once again be demonstrating her gardening knowledge in the Gardeners' World Magazine Theatre. These popular sessions are a great way to pick up tips live from your gardening heroes - so if you're a fan then make sure you're there! Tickets are just £3 in addition to general admission - and remember to book early as seats sell out quickly! You can see Carol in the Gardeners' World Magazine Theatre at the times listed below:

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Biography

It's been said that her enthusiasm for plants would make even the least green-fingered person sit up and take notice!

Carol Klein is the owner of a thriving nursery, and she also writes regularly for the gardening press. She became presenter of Gardeners' World in 2005.

Carol's garden is a south-facing slope on heavy clay. She's been gardening there for about 25 years. "There's never been a grand design," she says. "It's just evolved over time and I'm always making changes. One of the most recent has been to replace a conifer hedge with a native one. Hopefully this will encourage more wildlife into the garden."

She's very lucky as one half of her garden is sunny and the other is shady, so she can grow a wide range of plants. In spring, the shady side attracts all the attention when plants such as pulmonarias and hellebores fill it with colour. Then in summer, the sunny area comes into its own.

There's an interesting history behind why Carol opened a nursery. She initially propagated plants because she couldn't afford to buy the ones she wanted. She grew so many that a friend suggested she sell the spares. Carol followed the advice and took a stall at a local market. Eventually people began going to her nursery instead.

There's nothing Carol loves more than hearing how her plants have done, or better still, to see them in someone's garden.