Stephen Parker

Steve Parker is a garden historian lecturing at Cardiff University, on the BA, Post Grad and lifelong learning courses. Originally working in high street retail for Conran Habitat in the 1980s and 1990s, since 2000 he has focused on garden history and lives in Cardiff. A keen enthusiast of the modern house and garden, his passion extends throughout all of garden history, understanding the context and impact gardens, plants, design and people have had on our cultural history. He’s worked for Cardiff University for the past 11 years and visits more than 100 gardens a year. He has 4,000 followers on Twitter and used to run a popular blog (stephengparker.blogspot.co.uk) which he plans to start again in 2022.