Join us for Day Two of our programme of Tipi Talks by national names and local luminaries, which promise to be lively and full of horticultural interest.
Supported by Cornwall Community Foundation/The Tanner Phoenix Trust::
With huge thanks to Alasdair Moore and The Lost Gardens of Heligan for curating Tipi Talks, and The Tanner Phoenix Trust
A hearing loop has been installed in the Tipi to assist those with hearing aids.
The tipis have been supplied by The Cornish Tent Company.
Sunday 6th April
11am: Paul Jupp – Flower Meadow Creation
Paul Jupp – Image Credit Loulou Brouard
Paul Jupp brings his passion and wildflower expertise to Cornwall.
Following a long career in the horticultural industry, Paul started Meadow in my Garden in 2011, and since 2020 has been running it with his partner, Loulou from their cottage near Bath.
Meadow in my Garden is a community interest company, born out of a growing awareness and interest in the state of nature in the context of a nature (and climate) emergency.
Its mission is to galvanise public engagement and action in the drive to reverse the decline in nature across the UK.
11.30am: Tom Hoblyn – Whispers of Change: Adapting from Suffolk’s Sun to Cornwall’s Rain in a Shifting Climate
Tom Hoblyn – Image Credit Tom Hoblyn
Tom Hoblyn specialises in luxury garden design. He has been awarded four Gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court, and is a previous winner of the People’s Choice Award at RHS Chelsea.
Known for his horticultural expertise and distinctive planting style, he is creating his final RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden this year for Hospice UK, sponsored by Project Giving Back.
Tom writes for Cornwall Life magazine and is in the process of moving back to Cornwall, where his family originated.
12.15pm: Benny Hawksbee – Urban Gardening and the Future
Benny Hawksbee – Image Credit Katy Watson
Benny Hawksbee is a former marine biologist who is now a gardener and wildlife advocate.
He is head gardener for the Eden Nature Garden in London where he works with the local community to drive interest in plants and wildlife.
Benny also cares for and develops all kinds of private gardens, and is particularly focused on thoughtful, city gardening that combines insects and wild plants.
1pm: Clare Foster – Pastoral Gardens: A Beautiful New Book About Nature-Led Gardens
Clare Foster is the Garden Editor for Homes & Gardens Magazine – Image Credit Andrew Montgomery
Clare Foster is Garden Editor of House & Garden magazine and the author of Pastoral Gardens.
This new book showcases 20 stunning, nature-led gardens from the large-scale such as Knepp in Sussex to the private gardens of some of our leading garden designers.
It explores how garden makers and designers are responding to climate change to make wilder, eco-sensitive gardens that connect us to nature.
1.45pm: John Little – The Importance of Gardeners
John Little – Image Credit Sarah Cuttle
John Little was declared a Horticultural Hero by Gardens Illustrated in 2024.
Experience has taught John that structural complexity and topography are more important than plant choice for driving biodiversity. Since establishing the Grass Roof Company in 1998, he has designed and built over 400 green-roof buildings, combining deep biodiverse roofs with walls of breeding and hibernation space.
John also runs a ‘not-for-profit’ to train gardeners in everything other than horticulture. He argues that we must invest in gardeners rather than more infrastructure.
3pm: CGS President, Charles Williams VMH will award prizes to the winners of the Horticultural and Floral Art Classes
Charles Williams – Image Credit Charles Williams
Charles Williams owns the Caerhays Estate and is senior partner of online plant retailer, Burncoose Nurseries.
A member of the RHS Rhododendron and Camellia sub-committee, he is the proud recipient of the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour.
Charles’ great grandfather bred the original x williamsii strain of camellias in the 1920s. Caerhays holds The Plant Heritage National Collection of Magnolias.
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