Timothy Walker

Timothy Walker (born 10 July 1958) is a British botanist. He was the Horti Praefectus (Director) of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum.

Biography After attending Abingdon School from 1971 to 1976, Walker studied for a BA degree in Botany at University College, Oxford, from 1977 to 1980. He also holds a lectureship in Plant Conservation at Somerville College, Oxford, and is a lecturer in biology at the Department of Biology, University of Oxford. He has won four gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.

In June 2011, Walker presented Botany: A Blooming History, a series of three television programmes broadcast on BBC Four, covering the history of botany. The series was repeated, again on BBC4, in August 2022.

Publications Books