Bunny in the Garden with...

This week Bunny is in the garden with nursery women Claire Austin.  Claire is the daughter of rose breeder David Austin (Senior) and worked with him following leaving Art College. Claire admits being more influenced by her mother, who also went to art college and was the gardener in their family.  Although when Pat died, her father, David took it over and radically altered it.   Claire set up her own nursery growing perennials, irises and peonies and admits to really not liking roses as garden plants.  She has written several books and is now on the council of the Royal Horticultural Society.  #davidaustin #royalhorticulturalsociety

Today Bunny is in the garden with of Caryn Hibbert, founder and director of Thyme and the Bertiolli  Brand.  Caryn started life as a medic, an obstetrician and gynaecologist  whilst having  and bringing up 3 children.  Then in the early 2000 Caryn changed tack and started developing her own business.   Hear about the problems of combining medicine and a family, her brilliant father’s invention and her amazing water meadows with their extraordinary bird and wild flower populations plus golden moles!    See Caryn’s Garden in Bunny’s  accompanying YouTube video ‘Caryn Hibbert in her Gloucestershire Garden’  #takethyme #cotswolds

Today Bunny is in the Garden with Sir Roderick Victor Llewelyn. Better known as Roddy.  Roddy is a gardening journalist, author and garden designer. He had a weekly column in the Sunday Mail for 12 years.  His father, the legendary Sir Harry Llewelyn, was the David Beckham of the day, an Olympic gold medallist in Show Jumping, and came second in the Grand National. His horse Foxhunter had a chain of cafes named after him. As a present Bunny gave Roddy a Hand Widger from KENT and Stowe Westland, which is brilliant for weeding in awkward crevices, such as between paving slabs.  To see Roddy's garden, watch Bunny's latest YouTube video 'RODDY LLEWELYN in his Garden!' #roddyllewellyn #royalfamily

Today Bunny is in the garden with Lulu Guinness OBE. Lulu talks about her approach to design, how she loves creating original designs whether for handbags, interior design, gardens or clothing.  Several of her iconic handbags are in the V and A museum. Before setting up her business, Lulu was a model (probably the smallest one then in the world) a backing singer in Valentine Guinness’s band, and she made corporate videos.  Lulu and Bunny discuss what its like becoming a Guinness! #luluguinness #houseofguinness

Bunny is in the garden with David Haig MBE an extremely keen gardener though his famous face is familiar to many as Bernard in ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, Jim Hacker in the film of ‘Yes Minister’ and has appeared in ‘Killing Eve’, and the Downton Abbey film too.   He is also a celebrated playwright, he wrote  ‘My Boy Jack’  where he not only penned  the play but also played Rudyard Kipling with Daniel Radcliffe as his son.  David loves the rain and understands a fair bit about our climate having written the drama ‘The Challenge’ about the meteorologist James Stagg, who helped changed the outcome of the war by predicting the weather for the proposed date of D Day.  See David in his garden in Bunny’s YouTube video ‘David Haig in  his Generous Garden talking about gardening, Acting and Playwriting’ #davidhaig #actor