Mic the Gardener - Gardening Podcast - Andrew Fisher Tomlin

In this week's episode I chat to world renowned garden designer and plantsman Andrew Fisher Tomlin. I've been a huge fan of Andrew's work for many years, so it was a privilege to chat with him. We were originally due to meet in Andrew's south London garden, but unfortunately, the UK petrol price put paid to that. Nonetheless, Andrew starts this episode by giving us a detailed tour of his garden and talks about some of the more unusual plants in it. We also talk about how Andrew started his journey into horticulture and garden design with Andrew recounting his very first Chelsea Flower Show show garden and his first 'Alan Titchmarsh moment'. Andrew founded his garden design company Fisher Tomlin Bowyer in 1991 and his approach focuses on creative solutions and sound horticultural advice.  Andrew chats at length about garden design and the skills needed by garden designers today in a profession where ecology, sustainability and biodiversity are increasingly important. Andrew is also one of the directors at the London College of Garden Design (LCGD) and he talks about the extremely popular planting design course that he wrote, his love of plants and planting design and much, much more. My thanks to Andrew for taking the time to chat with me in this thoroughly enjoyable episode. And, as always, my thanks to you for listening.  Please do ensure that you follow/subscribe as there's still more to come. And, if you listen via Apple podcast, please leave a review. Thank you. Mike