Charlie Ryrie is an energetic gardener and an enthusiastic writer‎;‎ keen to make the joys of gardening accessible to everyone‎.‎ She has written four books on organic gardening for Gaia‎,‎ plus a book on garden folklore for Reader‎'‎s Digest‎.‎ She has a regular column looking at garden design in Gardens Illustrated and provides common‎-sense gardening advice in features for the Weekend Telegraph as well as other magazines and national newspapers‎.‎ Charlie lives in Herefordshire‎,‎ UK‎.‎