Graham Stuart Thomas

Graham Stuart Thomas OBE , was an English BSc botanist, best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and for writingbooks on gardening, many of which remain classics today.

Graham Stuart Thomas was born in Cambridge into a family of keen amateur gardeners and musicians. His father William Richard Thomas was a clerk to Cambridge University syndicate. He is said to have developed his interest in plants at the age of six, when he was given a fuchsia as a gift. On another occasion, he spent a birthday present of half a crown buying alpine plants on Cambridge Market. By the age of eight. he had decided to make gardening his career.

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