Tony O'Neill

Tony O'Neill MCIHort FRSA is a vegetable growing expert and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts from South Wales. He has grown food since 1981, learning on his grandfather's allotment in the Welsh valleys, and now teaches over 458,000 YouTube subscribers through his channel Simplify Gardening, with more than 110 million views of his videos and articles worldwide. His book Simplify Vegetable Gardening reached No.1 in the UK and USA Amazon charts and won a GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award. A serving fire service Watch Manager with 19 years' service, Tony is also the founder of GrowTrack, an AI-powered garden management platform, and creator of The Feed the Soil Method. He serves as Branch Secretary of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture's West Midlands and South Wales Branch, and as Horticulture Advisor to the National Allotment Society. He has been cited as a gardening expert in more than 460 publications including Forbes, The Guardian and Homes & Gardens.