Originally qualified as an secondary school art teacher, Liz has over 30 years personal & professional experience in gardening and outdoor education. 

She initially volunteered at the London Wildlife Trust Centre for Wildlife Gardening, then taught vegetable and edible plant growing to adults with learning difficulties who met at the centre.  She co-developed and then ran a school allotment project introducing children and teachers to edible plant growing, established and ran school gardening clubs at two local schools, has volunteered with the education department at the South London Botanic Institute for many years, and has been part of the education team at the Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, leading gardening sessions for schools and families.  The Elmgreen school garden was awarded best school garden 2022.  

Along the way she attended many courses run by organisations including Garden Organic growing schools, RHS Campaign for School Gardening and Capital Growth and has had a plot at Rosendale Allotments for over 20 years where she has experimented with growing many types of edible plant using various methods.  She is now a committed and passionate organic gardener and is increasingly interested in aspects of permaculture and forest gardening.

Since 2020 Liz has been growing edible plants and those that encourage biodiversity for sale in the Rosendale Allotment stores and since 2021 she has been running practical workshops for London School of Horticulture on areas including Fruit & Vegetable Growing, Wildlife-Friendly Gardening and Composting.