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Dr. John Grimshaw

John Grimshaw came to Colesbourne in February 2003 as Gardens Adviser, with the task of restoring the gardens to their former state of interest. He has a degree in Botany from Oxford University, and was awarded his doctorate from Oxford for a thesis on the ecology of the Afromontane forest of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, where he lived for several years studying the forest and its elephants. Before coming to Colesbourne he was Research and Development Manager for the seed company K. Sahin, Zaden B.V. in the Netherlands.

A lifelong plantsman, he has been gardening for over 20 years, and has travelled widely to see plants growing wild. He has very wide tastes, but special interests are African plants, ferns, alpines and bulbs, particularly Arisaema, Crocus, Galanthus, Narcissus and Lilium. John was introduced to snowdrops by the galanthophiles Primrose Warburg and Richard Nutt, and has developed his own extensive collection. With Matt Bishop and Aaron Davis he is co-author of the monograph Snowdrops published by the Griffin Press in 2002, so is well-qualified to look after the collection here at Colesbourne. He has also written The Gardener's Atlas on the origins of garden plants and has contributed to many other books and journals.

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Dr. John Grimshaw
John Grimshaw came to Colesbourne in February 2003 as Gardens Adviser, with the task of restoring the gardens to their former state of interest. He has a degree in Botany from Oxford University, and was awarded his doctorate from Oxford for a thesis on the ecology of the Afromontane forest of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, where he lived for several years studying the forest and its elephants. Before coming to Colesbourne he was Research and Development Manager for the seed company K. Sahin, Zaden B.V. in the Netherlands. A lifelong plantsman, he has been gardening for over 20 years, and has travelled widely to see plants growing wild. He has very wide tastes, but special interests are African plants, ferns, alpines and bulbs, particularly Arisaema, Crocus, Galanthus, Narcissus and Lilium. John was introduced to snowdrops by the galanthophiles Primrose Warburg and Richard Nutt, and has developed his own extensive collection. With Matt Bishop and Aaron Davis he is co-author of the monograph Snowdrops published by the Griffin Press in 2002, so is well-qualified to look after the collection here at Colesbourne. He has also written The Gardener's Atlas on the origins of garden plants and has contributed to many other books and journals.
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