Julie Kilpatrick

Expert in: general horticulture; hard landscaping; garden design; composting

Julie spent ten years running a garden design and landscaping company specialising in low-maintenance gardening and full design and build services. She has practical experience in all aspects of hard and soft landscaping as well as designing for a wide range of clients.

She spent some time as a Home Composting Adviser, giving talks, demonstrations and advising the public on composting at home to reduce waste to landfill.

Her compost at home show gardens won silver-gilt and gold medals at both of Scotland's major gardening shows - Gardening Scotland and Ayr Flower Show.

She currently lectures in landscape design and construction and teaches horticulture to adults with special educational needs. She also gives talks to gardening clubs and horticultural societies.

She is editor of Gardenzine and writes articles for Gardenzine and for other online resources.