Richard Scott

Liverpool

Richard Scott is Director of the National Wildflower Centre at the Eden Project, and delivers creative conservation project work nationally, he is also Chair of the UK Urban Ecology Forum. He has and has delivered wildflower landscapes with partners including local authorities, Community Forests. This experience was encapsulated in the Award winning publication Wildflowers Work (1993, 1997 and 2004). A practically based guide with detailed specifications for implementing wildflower landscapes. Richard has Developed successful new creative conservation techniques including soil inversion which has delivered, startling new habitats across the UK for a selection for grassland, woodland, heathland and dune habitats, which are now extraordinary examples of what can be achieved with the right starting point. In 2014 Richard won funding from Kew Gardens and the National Lottery (beating 4 other UK Cities by public vote) to create “England’s Wildflower Flagship “, for the Liverpool and Manchester Tale of Two Cities Project, which demonstrated a new kind of cultural ecology project. The National Centre Wildflower Centre homed with the Eden Project in Cornwall demonstrates creative conservation techniques with wildflowers, and encourage the bold creation of wildflower landscapes in both urban and rural environments, to reverse biodiversity decline, and lead positive responses to the climate emergency and excitation crisis. Richard was chosen as one of 20 individuals for the San Miguel Rich List in 2018 , highlighting those who pursue alternative forms of wealth.