Terry Underhill has been a professional horticulturalist since leaving Grammar School. He is married to a horticulturalist. Parks; University Botanical Gardens; Educational establishment and gardens (Dartington Hall Gardens 16 years). Director Horticultural Training Centre; Television gardening presenter/producer - 30 min. weekly 1981-94; Radio; writing; consultancy; Organising and leading tours and lecturing, nationwide and worldwide for over 45 years; Photographer ; Naturalist and Conservationist. Folk Dancer and Morris Man.

Most ornamental horticultural topics, foreign flora an fauna (European Mountains, Mediterranean, NW America, Galapagos and Ecuador, Himalayas and Ethiopia) Studied many other regions flora and fauna. Particular interest in plant uses, history and folk lore.

Mediterranean Flora. European Alpines. Waterwise Gardening. Indian influence in NW American Plants. Plant Hunters & Collectors. Plant Families (eg: Ericaceae, Ranunculaceae, Primulaceae, etc ). Autumn Colour, Heaths and Heathers. Water Gardens. Organic Gardening. Environmentally Friendly Gardening. Plant Propagation. Gardens and History.

Lifetime experience - including TV and radio, lecturing nationwide and abroad at all levels from Garden Clubs, Womens' Institutes, to conferences and tours. He has recently lectured in N. Spain and British Columbia.