Bunny Guinness
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Bunny Guinness is a chartered landscape architect
, journalist and radio personality who is a regular panellist on the long running BBC Radio 4
programme, Gardener's Question Time. She also writes a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph
. She presented The Great Garden Challenge on Channel 4
in 2005.
She gained a BSc honours degree in horticulture
at Reading University, followed by qualifying as a landscape architect at Birmingham Polytechnic.
She exhibits regularly at the Chelsea Flower Show
, where she has won six gold medals.
Her daughter Unity is, , a student of landscape architecture
.
Landscape architect
A landscape architect is a person involved in the planning, design and sometimes direction of a landscape, garden, or distinct space. The professional practice is known as landscape architecture....
, journalist and radio personality who is a regular panellist on the long running BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
programme, Gardener's Question Time. She also writes a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...
. She presented The Great Garden Challenge on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in 2005.
She gained a BSc honours degree in horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
at Reading University, followed by qualifying as a landscape architect at Birmingham Polytechnic.
She exhibits regularly at the Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London...
, where she has won six gold medals.
Her daughter Unity is, , a student of landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...
.