i am a professional gardener and part-time writer, originally from somerset, uk, but now living and working in sw france.
my debut novel, spaghetti head, is entertaining speculative fiction and is featured below.
when i’m not pruning, weeding, strimming, planting, playing tennis, playing golf, or it’s raining, i am working on book no. 2, which is a guide to low-maintenance ornamental gardening based on my time-constrained experiences as a professional gardener. more below.

book no. 1 - Spaghetti Head

Have you ever felt that your thoughts are a crazy tangled mess of confusion? Nell Greene has, and it is time for things to change. She has listened to her negative inner voice for years: allowing it to destroy her relationships and her self-esteem. But now, faced with an opportunity to love and be loved, it is time for Nell to eliminate her destructive internal voice. However, that ‘destructive internal voice’ may have other ideas!

‘I am just so excited to talk about this book! It is a passionate and delicate, yet truly heart tugging way of conveying mental health and its impact - an adventurous and brutally brave debut novel’. Books Beyond the Story

This picture was taken at a lake in SW France on a gloriously warm sunny day in August 2018.

book no. 2

Currently a work in progress - and with a working title of Please - Not a Bougainvillea! A guide to low maintenance gardening for amateur ornamental gardeners.
I create and maintain gardens in a very limited amount of time. Everyone leads busy lives these days and from my time-limited gardening experiences, I am writing a guide to help anyone of any gardening level have an outdoor space that they can enjoy with minimum input. Spend less time working in your garden, and more time enjoying it!
I took this picture standing underneath a Cotinus coggygria - or ‘Smoke Tree’. It’s candyfloss-like flowers look magical against the clear blue skies in SW France.