Jenny Steel

Jenny Steel, a plant ecologist and natural history writer, grew up in the middle of Oxford surrounded by her five brothers and sisters and an ever-changing collection of creatures including frogs, budgerigars, fish, a pet magpie and, for a short while, a privet hawk-moth caterpillar.  She has been passionate about wildlife and gardens ever since she was a child and has created wildlife gardens and ponds wherever she has lived. Her current wildlife garden in Shropshire is now home to a huge range of native birds, mammals, amphibians and invertebrates.