Sue Stickland lives in Shrewsbury. She is a freelance gardener and writer, and lectures on organic gardening. Formerly, she was the head gardener at the National Centre for Organic Gardening, and was one of the presenters of the highly successful Channel 4 TV gardening series All Muck and Magic? Aside from her gardening activities, Sue finds time to work as a conservation volunteer in Shropshire, where she also enjoys hill walking.