Barnsdale Gardens – Dahlia Day

Karen Gimson will be hosting talk/walks throughout the day on everything Dahlia's: from growing; storage; cuttings; varieties and flower arrangements.

Karen Gimson has been a garden designer and travelling head gardener for large gardens for 25 years and writes a weekly column for Garden News Magazine. She also appears on the BBC Radio Leicester gardening show.  She is an ambassador for Rainbows Hospice for children and young people in Loughborough and is a member of the county team for Leicestershire NGS.   She lives in Leicestershire and gardens a one-acre plot, focussing on attracting wildlife and growing as much fruit, vegetables and cut flowers as she can.