I grew up in a leafy suburb on the southwest edge of London not far from Henry the Eighth's Hampton Court Palace, and I graduated in horticulture and botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. My first garden was a small bed under an ash tree in the garden at home and, with the encouragement of my parents, I sowed some radishes.
Emmy-award winning garden-writer, author of books including Pat Welsh’s Southern California Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide, TV performer, and professional artist, Pat Welsh was born in England, took up gardening at the age of three, and has had her hands in the soil ever since. Welsh’s professional horticultural career began in the mid-1970’s teaching courses in home gardening at UCSD Extension and Miracosta College.
There are many ways you can learn about gardening from this website and find useful tips for your home garden. The menu to the right will guide you through the website including my Blog's. If you want to ask a question uses the question form. Answers will appear in the Gardening Q & A Blog. My goal is to take the mystery out of gardening and replace it with the joy that comes from understanding.
