Details

This gentle one-man play traces the relationship between Head Gardener, Herbert Pinnegar, and his employer, Mrs Charteris, as he tended the garden of her country manor house in Gloucestershire. As Bert potters around his plant pots and gardening tools, he shares gardening tips, cookery suggestions and tell the tale of his life as a gardener and how he came to be the most esteemed flower show judge in the country, the famed horticultural wizard ?Old Herbaceous'.

Cast/Performers

Peter Macqueen

Creatives/Company

Author: Alfred Shaugnessy (from the book by Reginald Arkell)
Producer: Theatre by the Lake
Director(s): Stefan Escreet, Peter Macqueen
Design: Martin Johns
Sound: Maura Guthrie
Lighting: Jack Booth