- Carol Klein
Carol Klein is a British
gardening expert, who also works as atelevision presenter andnewspaper columnist .Born in
Manchester in 1945, Carol originally trained as an art teacher and taught in schools in the London area before moving toDevon . There she taught atNorth Devon College before setting up her own plant nursery, Glebe Cottage Plants.She made her television debut on "
Gardeners' World " in 1989 and has since presented other gardening programmes such as "Real Gardens" and "Open Gardens "Her current projects include "
Grow Your Own Veg ", a programme forBBC Two encouraging people to start growing their ownvegetables . Each week the programme looks at a different group of crop plants or techniques suitable for home gardening. She has also been a permanent presenter of "Gardeners' World" since 2005.As well as television work, Carol Klein also writes for various gardening publications such as "
BBC Gardeners' World " magazine as well as a column for British newspaper, "The Guardian ".Bibliography
*"Plant Personalities: Choosing and Growing Plants by Character" with Jonathan Buckley (Cassell Illustrated, 2004) ISBN 1-8440-3046-6
*"Grow Your Own Veg" (Mitchell Beazley, 2007) ISBN 1-8453-3293-8ee also
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Subsistence farming
*Sustainable living External links
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/tvfactual/carolklein.shtml BBC Press Office] - Carol Klein
* [http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/experts/carolklein/0,,1990983,00.html A firm favourite] - Article by her inThe Guardian , Saturday July 28, 2007
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/growyourownveg_index.shtml Grow your own Veg] -BBC television programme
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp66152&rNo=0&role=sit Portrait] of her at the National Portrait Gallery
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