Grow Your Own Never Looked this Good!
Gardening Talks and talking gardens
Samantha Ford is not only director of a thriving online seed business, but is also rapidly gaining a reputation as a very accomplished speaker on a range of horticultural topics. Her gardening talks aim to embrace the modern culture of gardening as a way to eat healthily and interact in a more sympathetic way with our environment.
Drawing on a wealth of experience working with horticultural businesses from across Europe and using her skills as a trained linguist, Samantha has compiled an impressive knowledge of the origins of many of our more familiar vegetable varieties, as well as others which are more unusual.
Samantha’s research has also uncovered many forgotten elements of the folklore surrounding what we eat, which will throw a whole new light on your humble vegetable garden or allotment.
Many very experienced gardeners who thought they perhaps knew everything they needed to know about their subject have congratulated our ‘gardening Guru’ for providing them with renewed inspiration after one of her talks.
We can thank her years as an officer in the Royal Air Force for her ability to motivate and inspire people with her passion and vision for the subject of ‘growing your own’. So if you would like to provide your gardening club, allotment association or organisation with a fresh insight into what to grow, how to grow it or what to do with it all once you’ve grown it, get in touch and let us know what you’d like to hear.
We are also able to arrange a variety of teaching days for schools, whether to help get your garden club started, or provide fresh ideas an inspiration to keep you motivated throughout the gardening season.
Upcoming Events
- September 20, 2011 – Churchover Gardening Club
7:30 pm, Talk - November 22, 2011 – Coleby & District Gardeners' Club
7:30 pm, Talk - November 27, 2011 – Our World Garden: Unusual Gourmet Vegetables to Grow and Eat
11:30 am, Talk - February 8, 2012 – Alford District Horticultural Society
7:30 pm, Talk - February 9, 2012 – Sleaford Gardening Society
7:30 pm, Talk - March 8, 2012 – Welton and Dunholme Ladies Fellowship
7:30 pm, Talk - August 23, 2012 – New Waltham Garden Club
7:00 pm, Talk - October 8, 2012 – Adel and District Horticultural Society, Leeds
7:32 pm, Talk - February 11, 2013 – Nettleton Gardening Club
7:30 pm, Talk - February 14, 2013 – Saxilby WI
7:35 pm, Talk - February 20, 2013 – Minting and District Gardening Club
7:30 pm, Talk - March 22, 2013 – Hook Gardening Club
7:00 pm, Talk - April 24, 2013 – Boston Spa Gardening Society
7:30 pm, Talk - May 21, 2013 – Market Rasen Gardening Club
7:30 pm, Talk - January 21, 2014 – Market Rasen Gardening Club
7:30 pm, Talk
Our Range of Talks
Vegetable History – orange is not the only carrot
If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of some of our best-loved fruit and vegetables, then this could be the talk for you. An entertaining look back at the historical roots of what we like to grow and eat.
Original Touch
Who is Original Touch?
Original Garden Seeds
Learn about some unusual varieties that you can grow and eat, perhaps from a different culture or even a different era.
An Introduction to Plot Design and Rotation
Not just for new gardeners
Natural Pest and Disease Control
Learn about crops that can be grown to deter pests and disease without the use of chemicals
Helping the Family to Grow and Eat Healthily
Some great ideas to involve the whole family in the healthy hobby of gardening and encourage children (and adults) to enjoy cooking and eating fresh locally grown food.

