Join Garden Designer Butter Wakefield, to celebrate the launch of Arthur Parkinson’s acclaimed new book, ‘Planting a Paradise’.
This will be Arthur’s fourth book to be published, and follows on from his best seller, ‘The Flower Yard’ in 2021, with a returning focus to pollinators and container gardening.
Butter will talk to Arthur about what to grow through the seasons with an array of planting ideas and recommended varieties to inspire the experienced and novice gardener alike. Together, Butter and Arthur will share their top tips on how to create a beautiful garden, no matter how small or large, and also an oasis for wildlife.
The talk will end with plenty of time for an audience Q&A and a book signing with Arthur.
This talk is now Sold Out
Timings:
5:00pm Arrive for drinks & canapés.
5:45pm – Butter in conversation with Arthur Parkinson, audience Q&A
6:45/7:00pm Book Signing
About the book
Planting A Paradise: A Year of Pots and Pollinators
Every garden, large or small, in a town or in the country, even one formed completely by pots, can be a living dance of lavish colours, glorious scents and pollen-rich flowers alive to the sound of birdsong and the buzz of bees.
In Planting a Paradise, Arthur Parkinson, bestselling author of The Flower Yard, focuses on what to grow through the seasons with an array of planting ideas and recommended varieties to inspire the experienced and novice gardener alike.
From his newly found love of muscari, narcissi and seeding grasses, to circuses of dahlias, luscious herbs, figs and crab apples, the result is not only a stunning living harvest but also an oasis for wildlife at a time when we need this style of gardening more than ever.
About the author
Arthur Parkinson
Arthur Parkinson grew up in Nottinghamshire forming a lasting passion for the countryside, which he celebrated in his much loved book, Chicken Boy, in the spring of this year. This autumn sees Arthur’s fourth book published.
Having trained at Kew Gardens, Arthur went onto work for Sarah Raven with where he co-hosted the popular podcast Grow,Cook, Eat, Arrange and with whom he still teaches flower arranging today, harvesting from a garden no matter how small it may be is one of Arthur’s greatest beliefs. He has appeared as a guest presenter on Gardeners World and has an Online Create Academy course.
He is known for being one of the most authentic profiles on Instagram where he shares his photography, illustrations, environmental campaigning not forgetting a love of French and Saunders comedy.
About the Host
Butter Wakefield
Butter grew up on the East Coast of America, on a little farm outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Butter trained at the English Gardening School (1997/98) completing the Year Diploma Course in Plants and Plantsmanship and winning two prizes.
Originally, she worked as an interior design assistant at Colefax and Fowler on Brook Street where she was trained in the world of decorative interiors. It was there that her love of the creative process took hold as she learned about scale, texture, pattern, colour and the principles and practices of design.
Butter Wakefield Garden Design is a small design studio, offering a very unique and personal service. Butter has over 15 years of experience creating many inspirational and purposeful gardens of all sizes both in London and beyond. She has a profound love for her job and her clients and takes a tremendous amount of time and care over them both.