Talks

Sally is available to talk on a number of topics from gardening to smallholding. Four of her most popular talks are:  ‘Creating a Resilient Garden’, ‘The Climate Change Garden’, ‘Living on one acre or less’ and ‘Creating a kitchen garden.’  Other topics include organic gardening,  gardening for biodiversity, wildlife gardening,  climate-friendly gardening,  coping with floods and drought, understanding soil and composting, and peat-free gardening.

She aims to inspire and inform her audience, talking for about 50-60 minutes (or longer if required) followed by questions and answers. Her fee starts at £100 for local talks, with travel costs @40p/mile. She is happy to travel further afield

Sally has spoken at a number of events including RHS Hampton Court Flower Festival, BBC Gardeners World Live,  Toby Buckland Flower Festival, London Permaculture Festival, Yeo Valley Organic Garden Festival,  and Royal Welsh Spring Festival  as well as to many gardening, allotment and smallholder groups.  Sally and Empire Farm featured in Countryfile Spring Diaries in 2018. Sally was also a speaker at  the Northwest Pacific Flower and Garden Show, Seattle in February 2023  and  the Great Grow Along online festival in March 2023 along with her co-author Kim Stoddart.

Her walled garden was featured on Gardeners World in September  2025 – episode 27  featuring her climate-resilient planting  

Zoom talks  – Sally has given a number of Zoom talks. Zoom is proving popular with many societies, especially in winter when a zoom meeting avoids the need to travel. It has allowed Sally to talk to groups much further afield, such as the Aberdeen Botanic Gardens Society, Elvaston Garden Soc and Gloucestershire Organic Gardens.

Visit the walled garden – Sally is happy to give tours of her garden. The garden is open one or two days in summer and by invitation to larger groups, such as garden clubs.

Workshops in 2026

28 March Becky Searle (@sow_much_more)  author of Grow a New Garden will be giving a workshop at the farm – more details to follow  

12 April Introduction for growing fruit and veg with Sally  with an emphasis on climate resilience 

NGS  Garden Open Days

My garden is open for National Garden Scheme on 1 August and 4 September 2026 

Talks in 2026

7 Jan Henleaze Garden Club 

3 February Webinar for Garden Masterclass 

16 Feb Fagus Garden Club, Nailsea

4 April Swindon Growers

14 April Cricklade Garden Club

22 April Stoke Sub Hamdon nr Yeovil

4 May Wyche and Colwall nr Malvern 

13 May Marlborough Garden Club 

20 May Blackhills Garden Club nr Taunton 

26 May East Mendip Garden Club at Oakhill nr Shepton Mallet

27 May North Bradley nr Trowbridge

16 July Trull Garden Club

20 July Bride Valley 

28 July Melksham