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Frances Tophill
Cultivate sustainable landscapes with Frances Tophill, speaker and horticulturist. Frances works with organisations to implement biodiversity strategies, sustainable gardening practices, and community engagement, delivering award-winning expertise from Gardeners' World and Best Show Garden recognition.
Frances Tophill is an award-winning horticulturist, author, and one of the UK's most recognisable gardening broadcasters. A presenter on the BBC's Gardeners' World, Frances is celebrated for her expert knowledge, engaging on-screen presence, and passion for sustainable, wildlife-friendly gardening.
In 2026, Frances reached a major career milestone by leading the design headline garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, showcasing her creative vision and commitment to gardens that benefit both people and the natural environment.
As a bestselling author and sought-after speaker, Frances champions biodiversity, climate-conscious gardening, and the power of green spaces to improve wellbeing. Her authentic, approachable style has made her a trusted voice in horticulture, and she is a popular collaborator for brands, campaigns, and live events that celebrate nature, sustainability, and outdoor living.
Topics, sessions and talks
Frances Tophill explains how the gardener's role has shifted from landscaper to environmental steward. Drawing on her horticulture training at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and years of hands-on growing, from Monet's garden to Sharpham Trust, she traces how naturalistic planting, rewilding, and resourcefulness are reshaping modern gardening. Frances also speaks to gardening's role in wellbeing and community, having spent years working therapeutically with vulnerable adults, and shows how immersive, sustainable outdoor spaces can support both biodiversity and people.
Frances Tophill draws on a horticulture degree from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, a season at Monet's garden, and years as a working grower, most recently as Head Gardener at Sharpham Trust. That depth of hands-on knowledge, paired with a genuine passion for sustainable growing, comes through in every talk she gives.
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To book Frances Tophill, email frances.tophill@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Frances' availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Frances Tophill structures her talks around a practitioner-led narrative, tracing her own career arc — from training at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh through working at Monet's garden to her current role at Sharpham Trust — to ground broader arguments about sustainable gardening and environmental stewardship in lived, site-specific experience. She pairs this chronological framing with actionable takeaways, giving audiences concrete steps around wildlife-friendly planting, native species, and community engagement in green spaces.
Frances Tophill speaks on the evolving role of the gardener, naturalistic planting and rewilding, sustainable and wildlife-friendly horticulture, and the therapeutic and community value of green spaces. She is a presenter on BBC's Gardeners' World and led the headline garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2026, having trained at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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