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.