More About Frances Tophill

In 2016 Frances Tophill joined BBC’s Gardeners’ World doing a few strands for the programme, one on vegetable seed trials which she worked on from her local RHS garden, RHS Rosemoor and another on gardens situated in extreme locations.

Frances Tophill | Young Gardening Ambassador

Frances is involved with the RHS campaign for school gardening and is passionate about enthusing young people to get into horticulture.

She is working on a number of community gardening projects in the South West and is also helping the redevelopment of some coastal gardens that were damaged by the 2014 storms. This is a particular passion of hers, having grown up by the sea, and was also part of her degree specialisation.

Frances is a popular choice for gardening talks and has appeared at notable events such as the Blenheim Palace Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show, and the Eden Project Green Fingers Festival, among others. Hailing from Deal in Kent, Frances now lives in Exeter, having completed her BSc in Horticulture with Plantmanship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2013.

Frances got into gardening from an early age, helping out around the garden at home and after overly ambitiously designing a terraced landscape in a planter, given to her by her mum, at age 7, she was hooked.

As well as all things gardening, Frances is a budding crafter and currently doing a pottery course.

Frances Tophill | Gardening Books

Frances’ first book, First-Time Gardener, was published in 2015, and her second book, The Container Gardener, was published in April 2017.

She has also written a column for Coast magazine on the highs and lows of coastal gardening.

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