Darryl Moore
16 Oct – Pro Landscaper Theatre / 11am – 11:45am
Open to All: Creating a more equal, diverse and inclusive industry
Making horticulture more accessible to all has been a hot topic for the last few years – and rightly so. A more equal, diverse and inclusive industry allows for more creativity and has been known to produce a thriving workforce – one that draws on each team member’s individual backgrounds and experiences. Our panellists have all been working towards diversifying horticulture and ensuring it’s an attractive industry to as many people as possible.
BIO
Darryl Moore is an award-winning garden and landscape designer and writer. He is author of Gardening in a Changing World: Plants People and the Climate Crisis (Pimpernel Press). He is Director and co-founder of the innovative urban landscape organisation Cityscapes, realising creative approaches to greening city spaces through novel design ideas that ensure ecological, economic and social sustainability. He is a consultant at Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens, cocurator of thehub.earth and a tutor at KLC School of Design. He sits on the Society of Garden Designers Council, and is an Honorary Fellow of West Dean College and a Fellow of the RSA. His most recent award was for the St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots
Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022, showcasing sustainability and ecology in public places. He also designed the RHS Chelsea Repurposed Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, using materials from previous show gardens and drought tolerant planting. Gardening in a Changing World: Plants ,People and the Climate Crisis explores recent developments in planting design, horticulture, ecology and plant science. It addresses our relationship with plants and gardens, looking at the ways we can begin to appreciate and work together with plants in facing the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
