Ruth Pavey is the Gardening Correspondent for the Ham & High (Hampstead and Highgate Express).

She attended the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and a selection of her illustrated works are included in A Wood of One’s Own, her first book.

Pavey has reviewed books and written features for publications including the Observer, Guardian, New Statesman, Crafts, and the Garden, and was a contributor to BBC Radio 4’s programme Kaleidoscope.