Andrew Babicz Dip. Hort. (Edin)
Horticultural Services
I am a keen plantsman and have over 43 years of experience.
I started as an apprentice gardener at Inverewe Gardens in the North West of Scotland with The National Trust for Scotland and went on to work at The Royal Horticultural Society‘s Garden, Wisley, Kew Gardens and Hampton Court Palace Garden. I also spent a year working on nurseries in Holland.
I studied at Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington for two years and then studied for three years at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
I worked for the Parks Department of the London Borough of Croydon as their Horticultural Officer and then moved to the London Borough of Redbridge as Assistant Parks Manager, subsequently becoming their Chief Recreation Manager.
I am currently the gardening expert on Phoenix Radio, Brentwood. Join me 10 till 12 Sunday mornings.
I have written for a number of publications including The English Garden magazine.
I am a former judge with “South and South East In Bloom” and currently a judge with the London Garden Society.
I am a keen photographer and have around 4000 slides and hundreds of digital photographs of plants and gardens for use in my talks and lectures
