Television appearances
- Consultant for the BBC's coverage of black plants for Chelsea 2003.
- HGTV, Gardening By the Yard, March 2003.
- KATU TV with Mike Darcy at Al's - Garden centre, Woodburn, Oregon, May 2003.
Live from the San Francisco show with Kim Haworth and Henry Tenenbaum for KRON.
- HGTV, Gardening By The Yard, February 2004.
- KATU TV with Mike Darcy, February 2004.
- BBC TV on Sunday 23rd May 2004, interviewed by Charlie Dimmock for The International Black Plant Society at the Chelsea Flower Show.
- BBC TV on Thursday 27th May 2004. Her black home garden was featured, also with an interview by Alan Titchmarsh at the Chelsea Flower Show.
- BBC News 24, interviewed on black plants, 23rd March 2005.
Radio appearances
- BBC Radio Sheffield on black plants 2001
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BBC Cumbria with Paul O'Neill, live from the NEC, June 2003
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KXL with Mike Darcy, February 2004
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KVI 570 with Ed Hume, February 2004
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BBC Radio Sheffield interviewed from the Chelsea Flower Show on 28th May 2004
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The Bob Tanen Show in San Francisco, 21st February 2005
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BBC Radio Newcastle, 25th March 2005
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BBC Radio Solent, 30th March 2005
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BBC Radio Solent May 2005
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BBC Radio Sheffield May 2005
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KXL with Mike Darcy, February 2006
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BBC Radio Sheffield January 2008
Live speaking appearances
- Sheffield Botanic Garden, January 2002
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NW Flower Show February 2003, spoke twice
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San Francisco Flower Show March 2003
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Hardy Plant Group, Oregon May 2003
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NW Flower Show February 2004
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Four Oaks Trade Show, September 2005
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Wharfedale Gardens, Leeds, April 2006
USA Tour 2005
9th February 2005 : 10am :Point Loma Garden Club, San Diego.
10th Feb. 2005 : 7:30pm :Southern Californian Horticultural Society, Los Angeles.
13th February 2005 : 1pm : East Lake Washington District of Garden Clubs
14th February 2005 : 6:30 - 9:30 pm : San Diego Horticultural Society
16th February 2005 : 7:30pm : Vancouver Island, Victoria Horticultural Society
18th February 2005 : 12.30pm : Yard & Garden Patio show, Portland.
19th February 2005 : 2pm : The Inland Empire Gardeners, Spokane, WA
21st February 2005 : 10.30 am : Sloat Garden Center, San Francisco.
21st February 2005 : 7:15pm : California Horticultural Society at the Strybing Arboretum and San Fran Botanical Gardens, San Francisco.
USA Tour 2006
Feb. 10th, 2006 at 12pm, talk and book signing at the Cleveland Home & Garden Show, Ohio.
Feb. 11th, 2006 at 5:30pm Northwest Flower Show, Seattle Convention Center; Karen presents her talk on "New Home, New Garden". Book signing followed.
Feb. 12th, 2006 at 11:30AM Northwest Flower Show, Seattle Convention Center; Karen presents her talk on "Color in the garden". Book signing followed.
Feb. 13th, 2006 at 7pm talk and book signing at the Snohomish Garden Club, WA.
Feb.14th, 2006 at 7pm Pleasanton, Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club, CA.
Feb. 15th or 16th, date to be confirmed, talk and book signing at Sloat Garden Center , Sloat Blvd, San Francisco, CA
Magazine articles
"The Journal" April 2005 Issue - 2 Page Spread about Black Plants featuring Karen.
"The Independent" - 3rd April 2005 - Interview with Karen Platt.
"Sunday Telegraph" - 13th February 2005 - Silver Lining Book Review.
Times interview by Rachel de Thame, June 2005.
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