Ben Pope - Head Gardener

Ben Pope is Head Gardener at a private garden in southern England. Here he talks to us about his life, career and travels, as well as his work sitting on the RHS Trials Committee (Rudbeckia is one of their current trial subjects). A real enthusiast for disseminating information, he has a website where he shares information about his work and favourite plants. www.theworkinggarden.com

[@deirdredear]

Ben Pope is absolutely fabulous! I live vicariously through him. .

[@mixcrimpcunningham4535]

Wow. Excellent story. Very inspiring. I’ve just this year changed career to gardening and have just found your channel. Thank you for all these fantastic and helpful videos. I’ve a lot to learn and can see I’ll be able to learn a lot from you all.

[@Smitch2909]

Loved this thank you for sharing.

[@flowerfairy1950]

Thank you again for a very enjoyable Masterclass As an aside I was interested to hear Noel's comment regarding the Victorian Head Gardeners and how much they could earn back then. I always seem to get the expression that Gardeners in general are paid well below their value.

[@GardenMasterclass]

Yes I agree, I meant to ask Noel how much they were paid! These days the pay scale for gardeners is sadly below what it should be!