A garden consultant and garden designer, my passions are edible ornamental gardens and creating beautiful, practical spaces that are easy for people, pets and wildlife to share and maintain. Previously I taught City and Guilds Gardening, Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and my own courses at Adult Education College. Now I teach gardening lessons where my student’s garden is their classroom. Although based in the South East of England I have worked with lovely clients needing garden design, garden consultancy and gardening lessons in other locations across the UK since 2001. I have published a weekly (weekend) gardening blog, Plews Potting Shed, on Plews website since the end of 2011. Now an award winning blog, I haven’t yet run out of ideas to enlighten, amuse and educate Readers. I am a Member of the Garden Media Guild (for garden writers and photographers) Other places I write for include the prestigious Landscapers Library, an online subscription resource for head gardeners, designers, gardeners, landscapers and others involved in the horticultural professions. Plus I’ve written – and still write for – garden centre websites and various local magazines over the years. And sometimes I’m asked to write Book Reviews – these feature on marieowyn blog as well as here and on other sites such as Goodreads Also eBooks, which are available for download from the Plews website as well as Amazon, Smashwords and other places. I have also worked in collaboration with others on a new look children’s gardening book series. Currently I’m working on a collection of gardening related short stories plus the history, renovation and restoration of our new garden which we moved into in summer 2022. See the Instagram account @spitefiresandslowworms for progress in the garden Hands on is key, both in the practical gardening lessons and planting up my designs. I don’t do much hard landscaping myself now, but a brick wall I built 30 years ago is still standing, so it’s not because I’m bad at it, just that others are better! Photography is also an important part of what I do and some 50% of the photos on the website are mine. A member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH) and the Professional Garden Consultants Association (PGCA), my original degree was joint honours in Law and History to which I have since added gardening and garden design qualifications. I also run a specialist Garden Consultancy.