Epsom Garden Society

Jim is a Curatorial Specialist at RHS Wisley.   After studying Botany and Geography at Sheffield University, he started working at Wisley in 1982 . For most of that time he worked in the Fruit section, carrying out all aspects of fruit growing.

He enjoys instructing trainees, staff and visitors. He has written articles and sections of books including the tree fruit section of the RHS Vegetable and Fruit Growing.

He has also written a book on pears and one on plums which describe some of the more well-known cultivars. In the autumn he is involved in fruit identification at the four RHS Gardens and at events.

In his spare time Jim grows fruit and vegetables on an allotment with his wife Ewa - he never seems to have enough space to grow everything that he would like to. He has kept bees since 1992 which aid the pollination of the orchard. 

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