Help preserve our future
West Dean is part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
Kevin Hughes
Kevin Hughes originally trained in ecology before his passion for plants and gardening took over. Kevin spent seven years as head gardener at Spinners Garden and Nursery. He now has his own nursery, Kevin Hughes Plants, at Heale House near Salisbury where he specialises in unusual trees and shrubs, especially magnolias, hardy plants, climbers and trilliums.
Kevin, RHS gold medal winner, has served on various RHS committees and has contributed to local radio gardening programmes. Kevin lectures on a wide range of horticultural subjects at home and abroad and is a practicing garden designer, specialising in wildlife friendly gardens, one of these designs was featured on BBC Gardeners World.