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Oliver Parsons

Oliver Parsons is an experienced gardener and magazine journalist of 20 years’ experience. He trained as a professional horticulturalist with the curatorial team at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Chelmsford and has also worked for Gardening Which?, as a freelance gardener and with the gardening team at Down House in Kent. He is now Strategic Projects Editor at BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and GardenersWorld.com.

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