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Public Education
THE TUTORS
Heather Angel is perhaps best known as a highly versatile nature photographer whose pictures have a strong artistic appeal as well as scientific authenticity. After reading for a zoology degree, she took up photography whilst undertaking research in marine biology. When her first book Nature Photography: Its Art and Techniques was published in 1972, Heather’s photographic career took precedence. She has produced 50 titles on photographic techniques, natural history or gardening topics including Kew – A World of Plants, How to Photograph Flowers and Natural Visions. Since 1994 she has been a special Professor within the School of Biology at Nottingham University.
Giles Angel is a co-founder and director of Vision Architects, a digital communications agency in London. He is a feelance commercial photographer and digital retoucher with a client list covering large corporate companies and independent artists. Digital manipulation often plays a major role in the creation of his imagery. His commercial techniques in Photoshop are passed on through presentations and one-to-one tutorials, he also beta tests software for Adobe.
Matthew Biggs is a broadcaster and writer and has been a professional gardener for over 25 years. He presented Channel 4’s Garden Club, is a panel member on Gardeners’ Question Time, the author of Gardening at Eden – and how to do it at home and Matthew Biggs Complete Book of Vegetables which was translated into five languages.
Jenny Clark is involved on a voluntary basis
with a bat rescue hospital in Forest Row, West Sussex. She spends a great
deal of time enthusing both children and adults alike about the fascinating
world of bats.
Leon Durbin has had a lifelong passion for wildlife and wild places. He is
a qualified and experienced wildlife biologist with a BSc (hons) in Ecology
and a PhD based on otter research in Scotland. He has over 13 years field
experience, studying badgers, foxes, grouse, otters, loggerhead turtles (Greece),
kodkod cats (Chile), and Asiatic wild dogs (India). This has included expeditions
to remote wilderness regions such Patagonian Chile where he was a biologist
for Raleigh International. In 2004, Leon formalised his bushcraft interests
and achieved a nationally accredited qualification to teach the subject.
This qualification covered all aspects of leading groups including bushcraft
skills, understanding of the natural environment, teaching ability, knowledge
of legislation, and health and safety.
Annie Farrer has worked for the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew in a freelance capacity since 1974. She began with work on various floras
in pen and ink and later also took on colour illustration for Curtis’s
Botanical Magazine as well as other Kew projects such as Grasses of Bolivia
and a monograph on the genus Biarum. She combines this with carrying out private
commissions, teaching and lecturing.
Professor Fukuhara of Osaka University of Arts, is an expert on the design
and history of Japanese Gardens.
Clive Nichols is one of the world’s most successful flower and garden photographers. He has won many awards for his work and in 2005 was voted ‘Garden Photographer of the Year’ by the Garden Writers Guild. His work has appeared in countless magazines, books and calendars throughout the world and he is in constant demand as a lecturer and teacher. He has appeared on British and Japanese TV, sits on the RHS Photographic Committee and is a judge for the ‘Garden Photographer of the Year’ competition.
Edward Parker is a specialist tree and forest photographer who, over the last 20 years, has worked in more than 40 countries around the world. He is co-author and photographer of the major book Ancient Trees – trees that live for a thousand years and has worked on numerous tree and forest related projects for organisations such as WWF, Tropical Forest Trust, and The Tree Council of the British Isles. In addition he has written more than 30 educational books and his photographs have been on exhibition at Kew Gardens, Downing Street, The Horniman Museum as well as having been used at both the Earth Summits.
Iain Parkinson manages the Conservation and Woodlands Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place. Trained as an arborist he has a keen interest in the ecology and identification of bats. Iain has been hosting guided bat walks at Wakehurst Place for several years and looks forward to sharing his enthusiasm for these fascinating creatures with others.
Martyn Rix has travelled widely around the world collecting and photographing plants, and being involved with designing and planting gardens in Bermuda, California, the Virgin Islands, Turkey, France and Italy. He has worked for the Royal Horticultural Society at their Wisley headquarters, and has co-authored many books with Roger Phillips. Martyn is also editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In 2002 he was awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for his services to horticulture.
Steven Robinson grew up in Sussex and from a young age was interested in natural history. He developed his knowledge further by working and living in the countryside and is now warden for the Loder Valley Reserve which forms part of the Wakehurst Place estate. He relishes having a job which gives him opportunity to expand his knowledge and is constantly amazed by the rich natural diversity that Sussex offers.
John Waller is an Underwoodsman. He manages and harvests coppice woodland using the wood in wattle hurdle making, basketry, pole lathe turning, chair and rustic furniture making and garden structures. He has run courses in these crafts for over 10 years both as a freelance tutor and for other organisations. He grows and harvests his own willow at Bore Place, an organic dairy farm and educational charity near Sevenoaks in Kent.
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