Jean Bareham founded Greenyonder Tours. Jean says: 'I love showing guests all kinds of green space, whether it's a beautiful historic site, a wildlife garden, or a spot of guerrilla gardening.' Jean leads Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile and Green Shoots. 'I realised there were too many gardens in the Old Town to show people in one tour, and so decided to write a guidebook which I hope will show just how important growing things is to people in the city centre.'

Jean is a qualified English language teacher and in 2011 launched Greenyonder's original Walk The Talk programme for people learning English.

Julia Cook is a qualified medical herbalist and horticulturalist who runs Healing Tree, a clinic and apothecary above Roslin Glen. She says 'I see my work as a medical herbalist as part of a life-long wish to link my love for plants with their healing uses. Teaching people to enjoy and use herbs and make simple, healing, traditional remedies is at the heart of Healing Tree’s philosophy.' Julia leads our herb walk Healing Herbs in the City.  Read The Edinburgh Evening News article about Julia and the tour here.

Jane Corrie is a Research Associate and Garden Guide at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where she's been employed in a variety of roles for 15 years.  She is passionate about opening up the Royal Botanic Garden and has taken tours with groups such as visually impaired people and young people with learning difficulties. Jane has a particular interest in the history of botany and gardening and has researched the history of Edinburgh's physic gardens, which she shares on our Hidden History walking tour. Read Greenyonder interview with Jane