Kenneth A. Beckett

After some twenty years' experience of practical horticulture and two years at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens at Wisley, England, where he gained the RHS diploma, Kenneth Albert Beckett turned from spadework to writing. He worked first on the *Gardener's Chronicle* and then became a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. He has written hundreds of articles for gardening magazines, edited the Hardy Plant Society's *Bulletin*, edits the International Dendrological Society's *Year Book*, and is a member of the RHS …