Jill Baker

Jill is Principal Education Officer at RHS Garden Hyde Hall and a member of the BGEN committee.

How long have you been working with plants and the natural world?

I started working in plant-based education at the RHS in 2005. Before that I spent 20 years as a primary school teacher.

Why is helping to connect people and plants important to you?

Plants can have an incredible influence on people. It's an intuitive connection - people don't need any prompting, they just really like plants.

Tell us about a project you're really proud to have been involved in.

I'm proud to be a part of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening - Hyde Hall was the first pilot site for the campaign. I'm also proud that I secured funding from a local charity to get free coach travel to enable disadvantaged children to visit Hyde Hall.

Finally, what is your favourite plant?

The daffodil - I always look forward to it at the start of spring.