Tom Hart Dyke
Tom Hart Dyke - our house plant specialist
Plant hunter and gardener Tom Hart Dyke is championing house plants in his revival. House plants were once revered by the Victorians but now they are much maligned, seen as dull and boring, something you would associate with being forgotten on a windowsill or gathering dust on your granny鈥檚 sideboard.
As a plant hunter, Tom wants us all to fall back in love with the house plant, and hosts his campaign from the Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley. In his revival, he has a chilling, unexpected encounter with an orchid he last saw up-close when he was about to be executed after being kidnapped on a plant-hunting trip to Columbia 13 years ago. He uncovers an awe-inspiring collection of house plants from all over the globe in East Sussex and discovers that house plants can have a positive impact on our well-being and productivity at work.
Throughout the show he gives us his tips of how to care for house plants and grow our own from cuttings.
