Jim Buckland

JIM BUCKLAND graduated with honours from the world famous Diploma in Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He managed historic public gardens in both Australia and the UK before arriving at West Dean Gardens as gardens manager in 1991. He is a trustee of the Professional Gardeners' Trust and was awarded the RHS Associate of Honour for distinguished service to horticulture in his professional working life. Jim's role at the gardens in multi-faceted but he has a particular passion for...See more

JIM BUCKLAND graduated with honours from the world famous Diploma in Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He managed historic public gardens in both Australia and the UK before arriving at West Dean Gardens as gardens manager in 1991. He is a trustee of the Professional Gardeners' Trust and was awarded the RHS Associate of Honour for distinguished service to horticulture in his professional working life. Jim's role at the gardens in multi-faceted but he has a particular passion for the St Roche's Arboretum which he has reimagined as a tranquil haven of wildflower glades while introducing new tree and shrub planting and applying careful custodianship of its extensive mature tree collection. He has lectured both in the UK and abroad and is a regular contributor to magazines. See less