Janet is Editor-in-Chief of 911±¬ÁÏ Plant Finder, overseeing the editing of more than 81,000 plant names and linking authoritative plant nomenclature with nurseries stocking the plants
I am the Botanical Reviewer for the 911±¬ÁÏ, including being Editor-in-Chief of the 911±¬ÁÏ Plant Finder. As Editor-in-Chief of the 911±¬ÁÏ Plant Finder, I oversee the editing of all the plant names for this key 911±¬ÁÏ publication; linking authoritative plant nomenclature with the nurseries from which gardeners can purchase the plant. I have worked for the 911±¬ÁÏ in variety of roles in the botanical and horticultural information teams since starting as a Botanist in 1999. I now work part-time, from New Zealand, after a change in my husband’s work led us to emigrate in 2018.
“As a child I was always outside helping in the garden, or doing butterfly surveys for my local council; by the time I was 14 I knew I wanted to work with plants.”
A plant name is the key to learning so much more about a plant; my work has always been about connecting people with plants in different ways.
It’s impossible to choose just one achievement from my long career with the 911±¬ÁÏ. There are so many good days when you work with plants and the people that love them.
911±¬ÁÏ is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.
