Members - North Zone
| Name | Contact | Horticultural Experience | Speciality |
| Rae Beckwith | Tel: 0191 488 7138 Work: 07854 069783 Email:raebeckwith@talktalk.net |
20 years Manager - Gateshead Council (retired), Chair - Whickham In Bloom, Chair - Houghall College Training Committee, Chair - Daffodil Society Northern Group, RHS judge for floral show and Britain In Bloom. | Daffodils, tulips, other spring subjects, roses, garden competitions, Britain In Bloom. |
| Peter Booker | Tel: 01652 688625 Mobile: 07990 975389 Email: pjbooker@bofield.co.uk |
Grower and exhibitor of carnations and pinks. The author of many articles on carnations and pinks. Organiser of the Carnation World Championship 2009. | Carnations, pinks, horticultural trade exhibits, allotments and garden competitions. |
| Roger Burnett | Tel: 07967 465284 Email: roger.burnett@scarborough.gov.uk |
39 years in parks, arboriculture and parks management, Chairman of Britain in Bloom. | Pelargoniums. |
| Malcolm Evans, FNVS | Tel: 01924 271869 Email: mhe1@hotmail.co.uk |
President of the Northern Branch of the National Vegetable Society. Grower and exhibitor, 45 years qualified judge. | Gardens, allotments, exhibition vegetables and horticultural trade exhibits. |
| Martin Fish, FCI Hort | Tel: 01845 577157 Mobile: 07976 928005 |
Experienced horticulturist with over 30 years in gardening. Parks Department trained, followed by nursery, landscape and garden writing and broadcasting. Show Director for North of England Horticultural Society (Harrogate Flower Shows). | Fruit and vegetables, general ornamental. |
| David Matthewman Dip Hort (Kew) | Tel: 01977 621381 Email: paulinepeas@gmail.com |
37 years in the public sector, nurseryman and seedsman. | Sweet peas, dahlias, daffodils, dwarf rhododendrons and azaleas. |
| David Mitchell, BSc (Hons), ILAM Dip.SDH, FI Hort | Tel: 01977 689858 Mobile: 07967 730010 Email: dave@daviddmitchell.co uk |
26 years in Parks, Chief Officer, 20 years self employed landscape contractor. Commercial experience in glasshouse crops and hardy nursery stock. Green Flag judge trainer, freelance writer and lecturer. | Gardens and allotments, hardy nursery stock, general ornamental, house plants, fruit and vegetables, horticultural trade stands. |
| Sheenagh Panepinto BA (Hons) Garden Design | Mobile: 07971 202728 Email: panepinto1@btinternet.com |
11 years self employed garden designer. | Show gardens, general ornamental. |
| Steven Perkins, F.ILAM, MI Hort, MILLM | Tel: 0151 427 1114 Email: steven.perkins123@btinternet.com |
50 years Local Goverment Officer, Parks and Gardens (retired). | General ornamental horticulture, parks and decorative displays. |
| Mrs M Sumner-Wilson | Tel: 01754 890256 Mobile: 07713 616904 |
Have worked/shown for 42+ years in horticulture and floristry. Own oldest cactus nursery in the country. Been an Interflora florist for 25 years. | Cacti/succulents, general ornamental, greenhouse plants. |
| Terry Tasker | Tel: 01704 213048 Mobile: 07951 834066 tt911.com@gmail.com |
Lecturer and writer, 25 years growing and exhibiting begonia species, Horticultural Adviser/Manager - Southport Flower Show. | Begonias, roses, chrysanthemums, sweet peas, horticultural trade exhibits. |
| Sue Wood CI Hort | Tel: 01423 505832 Mobile: 07732 155187 sue.wood@harrogate.gov.uk |
Horticultural Officer with Harrogate Borough Council since 1988, responsible for landscape schemes, liaising and mentoring "In Bloom" district councils and judging Britain in bloom. | General ornamental horticulture. |
| Sam Youd | Tel: 01565 634746 sam.youd@cheshireeast.gov.uk |
Apprentice - Liverpool Parks, private service, Liverpool Parks, horticultural instructor, technical advisor, Garden Manager Tatton Park (31 years). | Orchid propagation, hardy plants, vegetables, fruit. |
