Tony Kendle

Saint Austell

After an apprenticeship in a small Parks Department Tony studied Horticulture at the university of Bath. A PhD on land restoration at the University of Liverpool was followed by researching and teaching landscape management at the University of Reading where he developed a specialism in urban nature, publishing one textbook and one popular science book. From here he joined the founding team of the Eden Project, His first job was to oversee soil manufacture and help with defining the plant collection and education focus. Today he works with the Sensory Trust in Cornwall on helping communities take climate action with plants.