Fred Whitsey, who died in 2009 at the age of 90, was for many years Gardening Correspondent first of the
Sunday Telegraph and later of the
Daily Telegraph. He was awarded both the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal and the Victoria Medal of Honour of the RHS.
Tony Lord, photographer, writer and horticultural consultant, holds the Victoria Medal of Honour of the RHS. He has also won the Garden Writers' Guild Award for Best General Gardening Book.