Frederick George Preston

Frederick George Preston (23 July 1882 – 8 January 1964) was a British gardener, the Superintendent at Cambridge University Botanic Garden from 1919 to 1947.

Early life Preston was born at Warborough, South Oxfordshire. He was in service as a domestic gardener in his local area for eight years. then Humphrey Gilbert-Carter for nearly thirty years in a "happy partnership". He published a history of the University Botanic Garden in 1940.

Preston was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts on his retirement in 1947. The Royal Horticultural Society appointed him Association of Honour in 1936 and awarded him the Victoria Medal of Honour in Horticulture in 1938. They had two sons- one George Henry Preston- and a daughter. Having suffered from ill-health for some years, he died at his home in Shelford near Cambridge on 8 January 1964.