Members
Members are listed alphabetically by county. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of members' information, but The Guild of Horticultural Judges accept no liability for any errors or omissions. To download a full list of Members as a Word document, please click here.
| Name | Contact | Horticultural Experience | Speciality |
Cornwall |
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Kim Parish BSc (Hons) |
Email: info@landscapesofdistinction.co.uk |
10 years as director of garden design, consultancy & landscaping business. Nursery owner. RHS Britain In Bloom judge. RHS Floral Show judge. 20 years public sector Parks & Amenities Officer. | General ornamental horticultural, particularly perennials, exotics, grasses and shrubs. Houseplants. Award winning community horticultural. |
Derbyshire |
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| Mel Henley | Mobile: 07446 037145 mel.henley@sky.com |
Master of Horticulture RHS. Previous work as Parks Manager including Watford Botanical Garden, Head of Parks at Hackney, Oxford University Gardens and Nottingham Parks. Owned and run specialist herbaceous nursery. Britain in Bloom Judge and managed entries for several towns and cities. | General exhibits, show gardens, trees, shrubs and herbaceous. |
Hampshire |
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John Penney, F.CI. Hort. |
Tel: 01425 620316 Mobile: 07762 214494 Email: wilverley@outlook.com |
Over 50 years of experience in commercial glasshouse horticulture. I have been involved with the Flower Show at the New Forest Show since 1992, and became the Chairman and main show organiser in 2006. I joined the Guild of Horticultural Judges in 2012. | Cut flowers, pot plants and herbaceous. Will travel any distance for judging appointments. |
Hertfordshire |
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| Laurie Eggenton, M.CI. Hort, MPGCA, Dip. RSA | Mobile: 07773 726440 Email: l.eggenton@gmail.com |
Over 40 years' horticultural experience, garden consultant, horticultural lecturer and builder of RHS gold medal winning gardens. | General exhibits, show gardens, trees, shrubs and herbaceous. |
Lincolnshire |
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| Peter Booker | Tel: 01652 688625 Mobile: 07990 975389 Email: pjbooker@bofield.co.uk |
Grower and exhibitor of carnations and pinks. The author of many articles on carnations and pinks. Organiser of the Carnation World Championship 2009. | Carnations, pinks, horticultural trade exhibits, allotments and garden competitions. |
London |
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| Mark Wasilewski | Tel: 020 7839 5235 Work: 020 7930 1793 Email: mwasilewski@royalparks.org.uk |
30 years horticultural experience in the public sector, presently with The Royal Parks as Manager of St James' Park and The Green Park. | General ornamental horticulture. |
Merseyside |
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Terry Tasker |
Tel: 01704 213048 Mobile: 07951 834066 tt911.com@gmail.com |
Lecturer and writer, 25 years growing and exhibiting begonia species, Horticultural Adviser/Manager - Southport Flower Show. | Begonias, roses, chrysanthemums, sweet peas, horticultural trade exhibits. |
Northamptonshire |
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| Nicholas Warliker, BA(Hons), MI Hort | Tel:01933 682391 Work: 01933 353656 Email: nicholas.warliker@gmail.com |
Lifetime professional gardener, 25 years Head Gardener to HRH Princess Alice, BBC Radio Northampton Question Time panellist, garden centre manager, consultant and writer, AE tutor. | Fruit, vegetables, general ornamental, horticultural trade displays. |
Shropshire |
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Ann Holland, RHS Cert Hort, Prof Dip Garden Design |
Mobile: 07976 613632 Email: Ann.holland10@btinternet.com |
Gardens manager of private historic garden under complete renovation. Chair of Norton in Hales in Bloom, RHS Britain in Bloom Champions of Champions 2015. RHS National Finals judge for Britain in Bloom | General ornamental horticulture, parks and decorative displays. |
John Tilbury, AHRHS, MI Hort |
Tel: 01952 676471 Mobile: 07836 329156 Email: mjtilbury@btinternet.com |
Retired owner of nursery with 30 years showing experience and previously landscaping. | Conifers, hardy nursery stock. |
Somerset |
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Roy Cheek, AHRHS, B.Ed, M.Hort, F.Inst.Hort |
Tel: 01278 451814 Mobile: 07788 593674 |
Nurseries, Parks Manager 18 years, Senior Lecturer and Curator of Cannington College 20 years, major show exhibitor 30 years, consultant, writer and international tour leader. | Very wide range. |
| Gerald Morgan, Dip. Hort. (Kew) | Tel: 01458 835861 |
Lifetime in horticulture, covering public, private and commercial sectors. Principal Officer, Southampton Parks City Council. Supt. of Grounds, Royal Hospital Chelsea, now retired. Panelist on BBC. Radio Solent "Top Soil" programme, Southern England in Bloom Judge. | General horticultural exhibits, trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants. |
| Mark Penton | Tel: 01458 835861Mobile: 07938 503939 |
Trained and worked at Hilliers Nurseries. Nurseries Officer and Grounds Officer for Southampton City Council for 25 years. Assisted in the designing and construction of show stand at Chelsea Flower Show. Former Head Gardener for Sir Edmond and Lady Bacon,Suffolk. Former Self Employed Garden Maintenance for 13 years. Co-ordinator of Glastonbury in Bloom. | General horticultural and ornamental exhibits, trees, shrubs, conifers, climbers and herbaceous plants. |
| Jon S Wheatley, AHRHS | Tel & Fax: 01275 333007 Mobile: 07896 40518br>Email: jonswheatley@aol.com |
35 years Director of Parks & Leisure, City of Bath and City of Bristol. Now writing, broadcasting and consultant. | Dahlias, trees and shrubs, herbaceous. |
Tyne & Wear |
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Rae Beckwith |
Tel: 0191 488 7138 Work: 07854 069783 Email:raebeckwith@talktalk.net |
20 years Manager - Gateshead Council (retired), Chair - Whickham In Bloom, Chair - Houghall College Training Committee, Chair - Daffodil Society Northern Group, RHS judge for floral show and Britain In Bloom. | Daffodils, tulips, other spring subjects, roses, garden competitions, Britain In Bloom. |
Warwickshire |
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| Paul Almond | Mobile: 07773 573071 Email: paul-almond@live.co.uk |
32 years as Horticultural Manager with local councils, including floral displays, landscape design and maintenance. | General ornamental, show gardens. |
Christopher Arnold |
Tel: 07768 915748 Email: chris-arnold5687@outlook.com |
Nurseryman, former exhibitor, landscape contractor, 42 years proprietor of own business. | Cacti/succulents, general ornamental, horticultural trade exhibits, show gardens. |
Nigel Bishop, AHRHS, DH(Edin), FILAM, Dip.PRA |
Tel: 01926 422014 Email: nigel_bishop@hotmail.co.uk |
Head of Parks, Warwick District Council (retired), working in the private and public sectors for over 40 years in horticulture, landscape and arboriculture. | General ornamental, trade, to include trees and shrubs, hardy plants, cut flowers, pot plants, fruit and vegetables, landscape gardens. |
| Mike Hinton M.Hort (RHS), Cert.Ed. (Fe) | Tel: 02476 421958 Email: mike.hinton@birmingham.gov.uk Email: mhinton27@hotmail.co.u |
40 years with Birmingham City Council, now District Parks Manager, horticultural lecturer, former exhibitor at RHS shows. | Amenity Horticulture, general ornamental. |
| Ken Wiggett | Tel: 01962 420592 Email: kenwiggett@hotmail.co.uk |
37 years in horticulture including contract management, landscape planning, displays and public presentations. Judging over 30 years including the Green Flag Award Scheme and Towns "In Bloom" awards. | Amenity Horticulture, general ornamental. |
Yorkshire (North) |
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| Roger Burnett | Tel: 07967 465284 Email: roger.burnett@hotmail.co.uk |
39 years in parks, arboriculture and parks management, Chairman of Britain in Bloom. | Pelargoniums. |
| David Matthewman Dip Hort (Kew) | Tel: 01609 778891 Mobile: 07952 583946 / 07986 275346Email: paulinepeas@icloud.com |
37 years in the public sector, nurseryman and seedsman. | Sweet peas, dahlias, daffodils, dwarf rhododendrons and azaleas. |
