I ‘retired’ in March 2019 after a 50-year career in the horticultural world, predominantly in the seed trade with Suttons, Mr Fothergill’s and Thompson & Morgan.
Throughout my career I compiled and assessed thousands of vegetable and herb trials for our seed catalogues and retail garden centre market. I was also a regular visitor at commercial trials days and breeder events in the UK and on the continent to assess and discuss suitable varieties. Many of these varieties have stood the test of time and remain gardener favourites since their introduction.
I also had the privilege of viewing trials for AGM at RHS Wisley during the early 1990s with the late Suttons vegetable expert, Ron Butler, prior to being invited to join the Wisley trials sub-committee in 1995 until I stepped down in