Give it a Grow: Why gardening might just change your life

Martha Swales

Martha Swales is an urban gardener, social media influencer (with 1m+ followers) and TV producer, and a Mansfield College alumna.  Martha talks science, stories, gardening tips, and how growing food – even in small and transient spaces – can connect us to nature and bring joy.

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Martha Swales is an avid urban gardener. She is a London-based television producer and social media influencer who has been growing food for over twelve year, after studying Human Sciences at Mansfield College Oxford.

Her  television career and love of food have taken her to bakeries in Cairo, hawker markets in Singapore and bean to bar chocolate makers in Peru.  But her favourite thing of all is growing food on an allotment and now in her own little London garden.

Sharing her passion for gardening online, with easy, inspiring and accessible projects has gained her over one million followers. She believes that gardening is powerful and life changing  and wants as many people as possible to experience the joy of giving it a grow.

Her new book “Give it a Grow” is published by Penguin, and will be on sale after the event.