Joe Bagley

Joe Bagley has been growing houseplants since his grandmother first gave him a spider plant cutting when he was just 13. Since then, he has amassed more than 1,000 houseplants in his small home in north Leicestershire - ranging from cacti to tropicals, and even his own cultivar of streptocarpus. He started out as house plant manager at a garden centre. His first book – How to Make Your Houseplants Love You (Hachette), is a comprehensive house plant care guide. He contributed to weekly gardening shows on BBC Radio Leicester and has presented at BBC Gardeners' World Live. Joe runs a house plant care website, called The Houseplant Doctor, offering advice and consultations. You can follow Joe on Instagram at @ukhouseplants

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