After studying Marine Biology at Swansea University, Bryony worked as an outdoor pursuits instructor, sharing her love of the outdoors and building on her experience of leading groups in exciting and challenging environments. During this time she also volunteered with a number of environmental charities, which included several months spent…
Rosie Martin holds an RHS Gold medal and has taught courses at the Eden Project Cornwall, Dartington Hall, Devon, and at venues in San Francisco, Canada and Switzerland. She is co-author/principal illustrator of four bestselling books on botanical and natural history illustration, she exhibits worldwide and is an experienced teacher…
David Hill taught ecology and conservation at the University of Sussex for 15 years before becoming a professor at the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University in Japan. He has been studying and surveying bats for almost 20 years and has extensive experience with a range of advanced techniques, including…
Hilary Jean Gibson is an experienced illustrator and tutor who has taught for the St Ives School of Painting, Cornwall and delivered guided tours for Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum since 1995. Hilary has a 1st Class B.A. Hons. Degree in Graphic Design: Illustration, St. Martin’s School…
Cath Shellswell, Hannah Gibbons and Alison Mitchell work on the project covering different habitats. Between them, they bring a wealth of experience to discover the different arable plant communities across the UK.
Marcus is an ecologist based at the University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute and interested in how species are responding to habitat and climate change. Butterflies are a real passion of his, forming the focus for much of his research. Marcus did his undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at…
Senior Curator of Flies and Fleas at the NHM, London. Erica has been working with flies for over 15 years, playing in the collection, conducting fieldwork, and undertaking research. Erica is also the author of both ‘The Secret Life of Flies‘ and ‘…
David Webb has been painting and drawing professionally since 1980, originally working as an illustrator of natural history subjects. Since 2000 he has painted in a looser watercolour style, but still basing his work on sound drawing skills. David has been teaching for twenty years, has written several books and…
Steve Bolchover has a Zoology degree from Oxford University and has been an amateur entomologist for many years. He is a County Recorder for Coleoptera (beetles) and has been delivering workshops and presentations about beetles and other invertebrates over the last 20 years. Steve has run very popular courses for…
Jenny Jowett is a professional botanical painter and teacher specialising in pure watercolour. She is a founder member of the Society of Botanical Artists, awarded an RHS Gold Medal and is President of the Society of Floral Painters and her work is in collections worldwide. 2019 will be Jenny’s 34th…