Dr. Timothy Walker, Botanist, Gardener & Lecturer – ‘Plants, Borders and Gardens’

Dr. Timothy Walker is a Botanist, Gardener and Lecturer.  He read Botany at University College Oxford and upon graduation worked as a trainee at University Oxford Botanic Garden.  He subsequently studied at Askham Bryan College York, did a traineeship at Savill Garden Windsor and completed a diploma at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.  In 1995 he was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the RHS.

For 28 years,, until 2014, he worked at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum (OBGHA) firstly as General Foreman, then as Horti Praefectus and finally was appointed Director in 2002, during which time the OBGHA won 4 gold, 2 silver-gilt and one silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

He lectures extensively to public audiences worldwide and continues to work as a lecturer at three Oxford colleges:  Somerville, Pembroke and Hertford. In 2010 he was elected as a Fellow of the Linnaen Society of London.