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 The Patrick Geddes Garden Tour. '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.'

'I have for several years wanted to introduce a tour in the New Town. It's a different matter from the Old Town as many of the gardens are privately owned. So I'm really pleased that from May 2013, we'll be offering a tour called The New Town and its Gardens.'

Anna Canning is a qualified medical herbalist whose small business Floramedica promotes health and wellbeing through the use of plant remedies, natural foods, and the natural environment. Anna says 'I lead workshops and herb walks to help people use plants safely and sustainably to provide cheap, nutritious foods and the basis for everyday remedies and cosmetics.' Anna will lead a summer and autumn forage for Healing Herbs in the City.

Fiona Morris is a qualified medical herbalist and founder of Nourish and Flourish, a holistic herbal health care service promoting natural remedies and optimal well being through workshops, wild remedy walks and herbal wellness consultations. Fiona says "Connecting with nature is deeply therapeutic. I love sharing the healing benefits of plants and empowering people to enhance their health and vitality with seasonal wild and garden plants."

Fiona has kindly agreed to lead three Healing Herbs in the City walks this summer, taking over from Julia Cook. Read The Edinburgh Evening News article about Julia and the tour here.