Ken Gillanders
Ken Gillanders | |
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| Born | 1930 Medal of the Order of Australia |
Ken Gillanders
.Ken, a nurseryman for over 50 years (now retired),[1][2] and his wife Lesley started Woodbank Nursery on a bush block in Tasmania.[3] Woodbank Nursery specialized in rare, exotic, unusual and native plants.[3] As their nursery and its reputation grew so did their spectacular gardens containing many rare plants. Ken and Lesley collected seeds in Chile, Ecuador, New Zealand, China, South Africa, and Lesotho.[3][1] Ken cultivated and propagated many Tasmanian natives including Leatherwood cultivars.[3]
Ken has presented horticultural papers in the
In 2002 retirement came, many Australian and overseas collectors were devastated describing the nursery's closure as a "tragedy".
References
- ^ a b adulteducation.tas.gov.au
- ^ http://communityed.education.tas.gov.au/tutor/922
- ^ a b c d e f "Collectors' Plant Fair at Bilpin: Speaker Programme". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ National Library of Australia
- ^ "It's an Honour has a new home".
- ^ "Tasmanian Country Hour".
- ^ a b "Journal.HTML".
- ^ "Australian Rhododendron Society". Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ Dakis, Sally. "Ken Gillanders OAM". Australian Garden History Society. Retrieved 18 December 2021.