Peter Thoday

Peter Ralph Thoday (1934–2023) was a horticulturalist and television presenter. He was president of the Institute of Horticulture from 1994 to 1996. He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2003 and the Victoria Medal of Honour in 2022.^[1]

Born(1934-10-30)30 October 1934

Died5 May 2023(2023-05-05) (aged 88)

SpouseAnne (née Thompson)

ChildrenDavid, Helen

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Peter Ralph Thoday
with Harry Dodson in The Victorian Flower Garden (1991)
Born	(1934-10-30)30 October 1934
Died	5 May 2023(2023-05-05) (aged 88)
Spouse	Anne (née Thompson)
Children	David, Helen
Parents	Ralph Thoday (father) Mabel (née Ellis) (mother)

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His father was the head gardener of St John's College, Cambridge and so he studied horticulture as a student at the university's botanic garden. He continued in academia and became Senior Lecturer in Landscape Management at the University of Bath.^[2]