Editor-in-Chief Alan Toogood is an experienced horticulturalist. Having trained at the Royal
Botanic Gardens Kew he went on to study at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley
Surrey. He works as a freelance writer and journalist writing for such magazines as Gardener's
Chronicle Amateur Gardening RHS's own magazine The Garden and Greenhouse of which he was
the Editor for many years. With a wealth of expertise behind them other contributors to this
book include the herb expert Jekka McVicar vice-president of the RHS Council and president of
the Herb Society known for her organic herb garden in Gloucestershire renowned orchid expert
Wilma Rittershausen John Mattock whose family boasts a 175-year history of rose growing and
recently retired executive vice-president of the RHS Jim Gardiner. The 2019 edition of the
book has been revised by Julian Shaw a collaborator on several DK gardening books including
RHS A-Z of Garden Plants.
