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Growing for Success at Scone Palace

Portrait of Stephen Lacey © Scone Palace

Renowned horticulturist Stephen Lacey presented the RHS 'Growing for Success' talk, entitled 'Real Gardening', at Scone Palace recently.

The talk, explored the creative process of garden making from inspiration to reality, illustrated by some of the finest private gardens Stephen has encountered on his travels in UK, Europe, North America and elsewhere, and bolstered by his experiences at home in Wales.

Stephen looked at different gardeners and how they set about composing and framing pictures; how personality is woven into design; and how ideas translate from garden to garden, and through time.

Described by the late Christopher Lloyd as “a gardener to his fingertips”, Stephen is a garden writer, lecturer, broadcaster and plants man, with a particular interest in planting design. He is a long-standing columnist and feature writer for The Daily Telegraph, and contributes to many other publications including House and Garden, the RHS Journal and Horticulture Magazine.

He lectures on planting design to horticultural societies, design schools and botanic gardens throughout UK, USA and Canada, and for ten years was a regular presenter on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World, exploring creative themes and meeting gardeners and designers across Britain, Europe and America.

Recently, Stephen has begun garden design commissions in UK and the Mediterranean, putting to wider use the inspiration from his garden travels and his own practical experience of growing an extensive range of trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials and greenhouse plants.