Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who worked in the NHS for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire.  She is married to Tom Stuart-Smith, the celebrated garden designer, and, over thirty years together, they have created the wonderful Barn Garden in Hertfordshire.  Her book, The Well Gardened Mind, was published in 2020 and became a Sunday Times bestseller.  It has since been translated into seventeen languages.

Her talk will include insights gained from her grandfather’s experiences after he returned from the First World War; Sigmund Freud’s obsession with flowers; and interviews with people engaged in gardening projects in prisons, hospitals and in the community.