Dr Tim Upson

Tim is responsible for the Horticulture at all five RHS Gardens including the oldest and most visited garden, RHS Wisley in Surrey, and has also led on the delivery of their newest Garden, RHS Bridgewater (in Salford, Greater Manchester), which opened in 2021. Collectively the gardens welcome 3 million visitors each year and cultivate over 30,000 different plants. His work across the RHS has included community and education programmes, sustainability, and key networks from Partner Gardens to the RHS Plant Trials and the experts who help. Through RHS Bursaries, we help many horticulturists in their careers which includes The Garden Club of America/RHS Fellowship. As a lifelong horticulturist and botanist, Tim always had an interest in growing plants and understanding their diversity, his wider work includes cultivated plant conservation and research into the mint family, notably Lavender and Rosemary. He is a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture.