For almost 20 years I have been the garden columnist for The Vancouver Sun in British Columbia, Canada.
My full-colour In the Garden page appears every Friday in the At Home section.
Stories are often reprinted in other papers in the Canwest chain across Canada.
I've also written five books - The Vancouver Sun's Best Plant Picks, 100 Best Plants for Coastal Gardens,The Blooming Great Gardening Book, and 100 Best Plants for Ontario Gardens. The first four were No. 1 bestsellers in B.C.
My wife, Loraine, and I have three children, now all in their 20s and 30s.
At our home in Burnaby, we have an English-style garden, comprising a mix of trees, shrubs, vines, roses and perennials.
In 1999, I was the first recipient of the Communicator of the Year Award, given by B.C. Landscape and Nursery Assocation.
Before coming to Canada in 1975, I worked for various newspapers in the U.K. including the London Evening News, Bristol Post and Nottingham Evening Post.
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