Our staff and volunteers

As Charity Administration Manager, my key responsibilities are supporting Fiona CEO, and the wider Exec Team with administration and diary management. I also support the Trustees, with admin & minuting of Board and Committee meetings. First point of call for Exec and Trustee enquiries. In my free time I enjoy holidaying, walking, reading, crafts and being with my 5 grandchildren.

With the HSL team, I love being a part of our heritage seed’s journey from seed sowing, nurturing young plants as they establish and thrive, before finally harvesting fresh seed for storage in the collection. At home my passion for history keeps me busy with a garden full of heirloom varieties, as well as keeping heritage breed hens, sheep and goats.

As a marketing executive at Garden Organic, I support the delivery of marketing and communications for the charity. No day is the same; one minute I could be editing the Organic Gardening Podcast, and the next, I could be chatting with our members at an event. I started gardening in 2021 and I'm proud to say I've created a green space full of flowers and vegetables that is loved by pollinators!

I coordinate Buckinghamshire Waste Busters volunteer programme. I support volunteers to engage with residents about household waste reduction through recycling, reusing, repairing, reducing food waste and composting. My top tip is not to waste any food, especially garden fruit, but freeze it to enjoy later.

My varied role sees me assisting with the organisational lifecycle of employees, office admin, events and customer service tasks. My biggest gardening success has been managing to grow something! I started at Garden Organic as a complete novice but now have a small herb garden and have grown strawberries and tomatoes.