Jerry Dicker is an Oxford graduate, a former primary head teacher and a member of the Arboricultural Association and the Small Woods Association.
He worked for 20 years as a consulting arborist and maintains a strong interest in wildlife conservation, particularly the study of woodlands. He is a warden and woodland manager of a small community woodland in his home town of Thornbury near Bristol and is a voluntary speaker for the Woodland Trust.
He has led courses about trees and woodlands at Orielton for many years and also at Kindrogan Field Centre.