Roy Lancaster, OBE (born 1937) is a British gardener and broadcaster. Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and best known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, Gardeners' World. He has also regularly appeared on the BBC Radio show Gardeners' Question Time and is also a freelance writer and lecturer. Formerly the first Curator of the Hillier Arboretum, he has travelled the world on plant finding expeditions but is also busy in the UK.

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  • Roy Lancaster, OBE (born 1937) is a British gardener and broadcaster. Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and best known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, Gardeners' World. He has also regularly appeared on the BBC Radio show Gardeners' Question Time and is also a freelance writer and lecturer. Formerly the first Curator of the Hillier Arboretum, he has travelled the world on plant finding expeditions but is also busy in the UK. He has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society for almost 40 years, and is vice-chairman of the society's Floral Committee B and a member of several other committees. Mr Lancaster is also President of the Hardy Plant Society; a UK based horticultural society that fosters interest in hardy herbaceous plants. In 1988 he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour and in the 1999 New Year Honours he was awarded an OBE for services to horticulture. The standard author abbreviation Lancaster is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.
  • Charles Roy Lancaster es un horticultor y botánico inglés. Ya de niño se propuso herborizar toda la flora cercana a su domicilio de Bolton. Ha sido un infatigable explorador interviniendo en innumerables viajes florísticos a Georgia, Chile, Irán, Turquía, Nueva Zelanda, Brasil, Ecuador, Japón, Norteamérica, Sudáfrica, Malasia, China, Nepal, publicando "A Plantsman in Nepal" y "Travels in China". Su carrera en horticultura comenzó en el "Departamento de Parques de Bolton", luego estudia dos años jardinería en la "Universidad Botanic Garden de Cambridge. En 1962 se emplea en "Messrs Hillier & Sons de Winchester", siendo compilador de catálogos y botánico horticultural, pasando a primer curador del "Hillier Arboretum". En sus 18 años en Hilliers, se involucró en muchos proyectos, siendo el mayor la preparación del Manual Hillers de Árboles y Arbustos, publicado en 1971. Fue miembro de la "Real Sociedad de Horticultura" por 40 años, y Roy es vicepresidente del "Comité B de la Sociedad Floral" y miembro de varios otros comités. En 1972 es galardonado con la Medalla de Oro Veitch Memorial por Servicios a la Horticultura, seguido en 1988 con lo máximo: la Medalla Reina Victoria de Honor. En 1980 es escritor freelance, conferencista y locutor. Publica muchos libros, contribuyendo con periódicos de jardinería, incluyendo al "BBC Gardeners' World Magazine". Es miembro pleno del "Instituto de Horticultura (IoH) y en 1996 recibe el "Premio IoH por Servicios a la Horticultura". Ha sido conferenciante por todo el mundo, y tomado parte de programas de TV, inclusive "Gardeners' World" y es panelista regular de "BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time". En 1999 recibe el "Premio de la Lista del Nuevo Año de Honor OBE por servicios a la horticultura". Roy vive con su mujer e hijos; tienen 1 cuarto de acre donde cultivan más de 1.000 diferentes plantas.
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  • Roy Lancaster, OBE (born 1937) is a British gardener and broadcaster. Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and best known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, Gardeners' World. He has also regularly appeared on the BBC Radio show Gardeners' Question Time and is also a freelance writer and lecturer. Formerly the first Curator of the Hillier Arboretum, he has travelled the world on plant finding expeditions but is also busy in the UK.
  • Charles Roy Lancaster es un horticultor y botánico inglés. Ya de niño se propuso herborizar toda la flora cercana a su domicilio de Bolton. Ha sido un infatigable explorador interviniendo en innumerables viajes florísticos a Georgia, Chile, Irán, Turquía, Nueva Zelanda, Brasil, Ecuador, Japón, Norteamérica, Sudáfrica, Malasia, China, Nepal, publicando "A Plantsman in Nepal" y "Travels in China".
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