Kate Patrick
The Folklorians Garden is designed by Kate Patrick, Garden Designer, Regenerative Agriculture and Horticulture Consultant based in the North West of England. A keen apiarist, Kate's first design at Gardeners World Live in 2025 was The Nectary, focussed on bridging the June gap for our pollinators, Kate was the first to bring a working beehive to the site. Beyond designing for shows, Kate's work focusses on educating garden enthusiasts, both in terms of their growing spaces and bee-keeping, and transforming spaces to meet the needs of her clients with a focus on edibles - which is where her own growing heart lays - and ornamentals.
Nic Wright
Nic is the owner of Collie Flowers, a small independent seed supplier, helping gardeners to grow flowers, vegetables and herbs from seed. Nic is Kate's right-hand woman, supporting all aspects of project planning and delivery, as well as showcasing the beauty of home grown plants from seed in order to show fellow growers they can hold their own amongst plants from the big nurseries. 2026 will be Nic's 3rd year growing for show gardens.
Mel Lord
Mel is an amateur writer and avid gardener from Lancashire who loves peculiar plants with interesting histories. Her work is rooted in folklore and mythology, for The Folklorians Garden Mel's advice and knowledge has been instrumental. As well as tales of the wilderness, fantasy stories and haunting landscapes. You’ll find plenty of poisonous flowers, black blooms and dark foliage in her own garden and in her spare time she helps to maintain a churchyard and community orchard. As someone very passionate about helping wildlife, especially bats she is also a member of a local nature guardians group, a history club and folklore society.
Natalie Woolrych
Natalie’s love of gardening began as a child, and it continued into adulthood, creating and maintaining her own green spaces and volunteering in a wide range of outdoor groups and projects. However, she pursued a career in the NHS and gardening was just a hobby. Back in 2014, alongside her NHS job she studied for her RHS level 2 at Pershore College, and for a few months around the same time she took on a part‑time role at David Austin Roses. Fast forward 8 years, she finally made the leap full time and Seales Horticulture was born.
Over the last few years she has had the pleasure of working in both private estates and public gardens, more recently taking on some extra small‑scale design projects.
Her work really focuses on planting for wildlife; she loves a cottage garden that is carefully curated to look natural and just the right amount of messy. Seales Horticulture is a fully organic business, working with nature, not against it, and she continues to study and gain knowledge in this area as the climate changes.
She absolutely loves working with others in the industry, from landscapers to botanists. There is something to be learnt from all of us and she’ll happily share her knowledge with anyone that will listen.
Sarah Purser
Sarah was honoured to be part of Kate’s team in 2025, helping to build The Nectary showcase garden with her trademark enthusiasm and steady, joyful graft. In 2026 she is excited to help bring The Folklorians Garden to life, bringing smiles, energy and hard work to the build. Alongside her gardening experience, she is a garden writer, presenter and educator, sharing her cottage‑garden and kitchen‑garden journey through Sundays in the Garden across YouTube, Instagram and her website.
She writes a monthly feature for Kitchen Garden Magazine and draws on her background in English Literature, Drama and teaching to inspire others to reconnect with their outside spaces. Once the garden opens to the public, she will use her performance experience to share the stories of the plants through live readings and storytelling across the weekend.
Lauren Bower
Lauren works with vulnerable adults in scoial housing, sharing her passion for horticulture with residents and supporting them to create outdoors spaces that benefit their well being.
As part of The Nectary Team in 2025, and now The Folklorians Garden team, Lauren's focus is on engaging visitors to the show with the wonderful stories the gardens have to offer.
Heidi Seddons
As part of the Show Garden Teams, Heidi is our crafting queen, taking charge of the activation spaces connected to Kate's gardens, keeping the team focussed and on track and generally being cheerful and lifting everyone's mood when we have a dip. As an event organiser and educator this role plays to her talents and passions.
