Mary Berry | My Gardening Life

Thu 23 Apr 2026 | 11:30am - 12:30pm

Headshot of Mary Berry outside in a garden
Book cover for My Gardening Life by Mary Berry

What a delight to welcome Dame Mary Berry. Loved by generations for her fool-proof, delicious recipes, Mary also has a second great passion: gardening. In her new book My Gardening Life, she reflects on a lifelong relationship with plants, gardens and the changing seasons, from her first childhood plot in Bath to the creation of her much-loved Oxfordshire garden.

This unique and warmly personal memoir is filled with anecdotes, practical wisdom and hard-won horticultural lessons, alongside reflections on wellbeing, resilience and the restorative power of being outdoors. Come and share Mary’s gardening triumphs and challenges, her favourite plants and growing tips, and discover how time spent in the garden has offered solace, joy and inspiration throughout an extraordinary life.

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Venue: Cambridge Union, TTP Stage

Duration: 1 hour

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Author Biography

Bestselling cookery writer and TV star cook, Dame Mary Berry has written over 80 cookbooks, including the classic Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook (DK, 2017) which has sold over 1.5 million copies internationally. Her career began when she developed a passion for domestic science at school and she went on to train at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. Later becoming a magazine cookery editor before publishing her first cookery book in 1966.

In 2009, Mary was awarded the highly coveted Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 she was made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. In 2020, Mary received the honour of Damehood in the Queen’s birthday honours. She has been an Ambassador for the Royal Horticultural Society since 2014 and is President Emeritus of the National Garden Scheme.