For the Australian Olympic athlete, see Graham Thomas (athlete).
Graham Stuart Thomas
Graham Thomas holding his namesake rose, bred by David Austin
Born
Graham Stuart Thomas
(1909-04-13)13 April 1909
Cambridge
Died
17 April 2003(2003-04-17) (aged 94)
Woking
Nationality
British
Occupation(s)
Botanist, garden designer, author, artist
Known for
Roses, garden design, garden writing
Awards
OBE; Victoria Medal of Honour; Veitch Memorial Medal
Graham Stuart ThomasOBE VMH (3 April 1909 – 17 April 2003) was an English horticulturist, who is likely best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and for writing 19 books on gardening, many of which remain classics today. However, as he states in the Preface to his outstanding book, The Rock Garden and its Plants: From Grotto to Alpine House, "My earliest enthusiasms in gardening were for....alpines." p8
In his obituary in the Los Angeles Times, Clair Martin, rose curator of Huntington Botanical Gardens said: "Thomas set about preserving the heritage of old roses when many of them were on the verge of extinction".[1]
^Rourke, Mary (1 May 2003). "Graham Thomas, 94; Influential Genius of Gardening – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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