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Talks and Events

To contact Ruth Goudy please email ruth@ruthgoudy.com

I enjoy talking to people and sharing my love of plants, gardening and nature.

I give talks on the following topics, in person or via zoom.  Each talk is accompanied by a presentation using plenty of my colourful flower pictures. I like people to feel uplifted and entertained as well as educated!  I am happy to answer any questions after each talk.

  • Flower Power – How Flowers benefit our Wellbeing
  • How to Connect to the Flowers – The ‘Language of the Flowers’, flower essences and modern interpretations.
  • Building a Nursery from Scratch –  the good, the bad and the plants!
  • Creating a space to remember someone special – from a bunch of flowers to a memorial garden
  • Plants of the Bible – where they appear and how they help our faith.
  • Greener Gardening – Plastic, Peat and being Sustainable (not available via zoom as we look at examples)
  • Three Generations of Farming in Kesgrave, Suffolk – Fruit, Arable and Horticulture 1930s to present

Fee for a talk is £99 – £10 of which is donated directly to Horatio’s Garden Registered charity number 1151475/SC045386.

If you would like to learn more about Horatio’s Garden or make a donation please click here

Concessions are available if you are a charity, school, NHS service or Church.

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I usually hold workshops at Kiln Farm Nursery, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 IBJ  https://kilnfarm.com/  To keep up to date with these workshops you can sign up for my newsletter and follow on Facebook. 

I am able to do these subjects as practical demonstrations for groups or for party events in the correct season. Please feel free to contact me to discuss.

Topics include;

  • How to plant a hanging basket
  • Planting an alpine planter (spring time)
  • Creating a fairy/dragon garden
  • Container Gardening

I wish to encourage people to connect with nature and the flowers and to give them the confidence to get outside and in touch with their inner gardener!

You may wish to watch my videos on Youtube to get a feel for my presentation style. Click here

You can also follow on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @theflowerwriter.  I have a Facebook group which I love.  It is simply a place where people share their photos of their gardens and walks and ask questions about plant identification, and gardening. https://www.facebook.com/theflowerwriter/

Hello

My name is Ruth Goudy.
I am a professional garden writer and speaker. I have run a nursery and garden centre for twenty years with my husband and this inspires me to share the joy I feel when I am around nature and flowers. I am on social media and Youtube and would love you to follow me. I believe flowers are good for our wellbeing and the more people that are involved in the conversation about it the better!
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Download my free ebook ‘How to connect with the Flowers’ here.

You will also receive newsletters so that you are the first to hear about talks and events, are notified when I publish flower blogs or YouTube videos and find out what is going on in the world of plants and horticulture.

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You will receive an email with a link to download my ebook in your welcome email.

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Snowdrops on candlemas day. You can read my blog a Snowdrops on candlemas day.
You can read my blog all about why snowdrops are significant on 2nd February in my blog in the link in my bio. 
The white symbolises the purity as Mary makes her way to the temple after the birth of Jesus on this day. There are many other meanings and stories behind this precious flower that entrance me. I am delighted to be including the snowdrop as one of the flowers in my Flower Oracle Cards out later this year. 
#Snowdrops #folklore #Candlemass #white #flowers #purity #February #flowerhunting #peace #flowersmakemehappy #floweroracle #oraclecards
No filter needed for this blue sky. Thank heaven No filter needed for this blue sky. 
Thank heaven for sunshine on the last day of January. Rushing out to catch some rays of vitamin D. 
Disappointed that there were no flowers on my walk today but as a  trade-off there was plenty of blue. The brightness really hit the back of my eyes. What a feeling! 
And if anyone wonders why I am not good at walking down hillsides this is why. Proof that Suffolk is as flat as they say. 
#wonderfullife #bluesky #Suffolk #walking #vitaminD #nature #wellbeing #sunshine
This Escallonia was another rogue flower at the sh This Escallonia was another rogue flower at the show. Completely out of season but obviously attention seeking! 😉
It worked for me! 
One of my favourites for a medium evergreen hedge that flowers.
Living my best life with my husband. Visiting pla Living my best life with my husband. 
Visiting plant shows helps inspire us, consider what our customers @kilnfarmnursery are looking for and take a look at new plants and ways of displaying plants on the nursery. 
Although we grow 80% of our own stock it is always good to take a look and add new varieties. 
#plants #planthunting #flowers #flowerhunting #bestlife #teamwork #inspiration #January #horticulture
At a plant show today and Cheryl's Shine was a win At a plant show today and Cheryl's Shine was a winner for me.
#hellebore #plants #flowers #flowerhunting
We had polytunnel envy @ballcolegrave today lookin We had polytunnel envy @ballcolegrave today looking at their shrub liner nursery. Thank you for the invite @steve_m_austin 
@kilnfarmnursery will certainly be growing some of these shrubs this year. Lovely to see the peat free working well too.
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Download my free ebook ‘How to connect with the Flowers’

You will also receive newsletters so that you are the first to hear about talks and events, are notified when I publish flower blogs or YouTube videos and find out what is going on in the world of plants and horticulture.

ebook

You will receive an email with a link to download my ebook in your welcome email.