Matt James
Matt James - our shrub specialist
Matt James believes that shrubs deliver by the bucketload. Fantastic for privacy and screening, backdrops, focal points, fragrance, flower and foliage, they have been overlooked and ignored for too long but that is about to change. Matt thinks they can give a garden so much and in his revival he wants people to rediscover and appreciate the importance of this amazing group of plants.
On his journey, he finds out that in the 18th century the shrubbery was one of the most fashionable places to be seen; he visit a garden in Norfolk where shrubs are definitely the stars of the show; and he inspires a group of children at Flatford Mill in Suffolk to plant shrubs in their gardens to encourage wildlife. Matt hosts his revival campaign from Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. He gives us his beginner鈥檚 guide to shrubs with the focus on colour, flower power and fragrance, and he gives us his top pruning tips to keep shrubs looking their best year after year.
