Dr. Simon Thornton-Wood

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  www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/Publications/pubs/garden0908/ne - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/1/2008    Last Visited: 9/23/2008  

  Simon Thornton-Wood, RHS Director of Science and Learning, said, ‘The current plant-inspection programme works well for diseases we already know about.

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  Published on: 5/20/2006    Last Visited: 3/7/2007  

  The RHS has appointmented two new Directors; Jill Cherry joins the RHS as Director of Gardens and Estates and Simon Thornton-Wood is promoted to Director of Science and Learning.
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  Simon already has a strong track record in this area and will be bringing in a new phase for the RHS and education, for example developing RHS qualifications and informal learning.
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  Simon Thornton-Wood has been Assistant Director of Science & Learning since 2004 and takes up his new post on 3 April.He joined the RHS in 1996 as Head of Botany and in 2001 became Head of Science, Advice and Libraries.Prior to the RHS he was a Horticultural Taxonomist at the National Trust and Botanist at the Natural History Museum.He has a PhD from Reading University in plant taxonomy & evolution and BSc in Botany with Soil Science.He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and was previously Chairman of PlantNetwork, the plant collections network of Britain & Ireland.
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  Simon Thornton-Wood said, "The RHS commitment to education and science has never been greater, at a time of tremendous change and opportunity in horticulture and gardening.

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  Published on: 9/2/2003    Last Visited: 4/10/2004  

  Dr Simon Thornton-Wood of the Royal Horticultural Society told BBC News Online orchards would vanish, and some fruit varieties would no longer thrive.But as they move northwards, he thinks, peaches and other fruit from southern Europe may move in and replace them.He says he more...

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  Published on: 5/20/2006    Last Visited: 2/27/2008  

  Gardening for the future - Biodiversity and the gardener by Simon Thornton-Wood

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  Published on: 1/16/2007    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  Simon Thornton-Wood, Director of Science & Learning for the RHS, explains, 'Gardening for wildlife has gained credibility and popularity amongst gardeners in recent years leading to increased demand for advice in this area.Research into the environmental value of domestic gardens has given us the popular blueprint for wildlife gardening advice, but research is still in its infancy.'
  
  He continued, 'The combinations of plants, features, gardening practices and location all have varying degrees of effectiveness in attracting and supporting wildlife.

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  Published on: 8/1/2004    Last Visited: 5/10/2006  

  Simon Thornton-Wood, Assistant Director of Science and Learning for the RHS, says, "Gardening for wildlife has gained popularity over the past few years.

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  Published on: 11/11/2005    Last Visited: 10/5/2008  

  Simon Thornton-Wood, of the Royal Horticultural Society, said: 'Gardening for wildlife has gained popularity over the past few years and is no longer seen as meaning a messy and unkempt garden.

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  Published on: 3/15/2007    Last Visited: 3/15/2007  

  Dr. Simon P. Thornton-Wood

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  Published on: 5/20/2006    Last Visited: 7/17/2008  

  For further information about the RHS science programme, contact the Director of Science and Learning, Dr Simon Thornton-Wood, at RHS Garden Wisley.

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  Published on: 10/11/2008    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  Simon Thornton-Wood, RHS director of science and learning, said: "Increased urbanisation and modern farming have eroded almost all natural habitat for our native species of wildlife.

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