Oliver Parsons is an experienced gardener and magazine journalist of 20 years’ experience. He trained as a professional horticulturalist with the curatorial team at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Chelmsford and has also worked for Gardening Which?, as a freelance gardener and with the gardening team at Down House in Kent. He is now horticultural sub-editor on BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and GardenersWorld.com, where he applies his professional training and lifelong passion for plants to edit, fact-check and write content across the magazine, podcasts and website.