Konraed Camelbeke
Director-Curator, Arboretum Wespelaar, Belgium
Konraed is directly involved in many scientific publications which include:
- Registration of new botanical cultivars (see www.arboretumwespelaar.be) and horticultural articles on several topics
- Advise (scientific and management) for several botanical collections in Belgium (Arboretum Tervuren, Arboretum Puurs, Arboretum Het Leen, etc.)
- Member of the editorial board of the Yearbook of the Belgian Dendrology Society (2006-today)
In the last few years he has travelled to:
- 2004: USA, Illinois (10-19 October).
- 2005: India, Arunachal Pradesh (8-28 October).
- 2006: China, Southern Sichuan (3-28 September).
- 2009: China, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Jianxi (2-15 May)
Before his appointment at Arboretum Wespelaar he worked at the Biology Department of Ghent University where he was:
- Studying sedges (Cyperaceae)
- Member of several evaluation committees of University Ghent personnel and solicitations.
- Secretary of Examinations Biology Students.
- Assistant-curator Herbarium GENT.
- Identifications for Botanical garden Ghent University.
Cor van Gelderen
Cor van Gelderen has joined the family bussiness, a traditional Boskoop nursery named PlantenTuin Esveld that has been in the family for almost 150 years, in the mid eighties. But before he decides to follow in his parents footsteps he stays abroad for a couple of years, experiencing the various aspects of the nursery trade in a few European countries, for example during a traineeship at the Glendoick nursery run by the wellknown Cox family.
Together with his father Dick van Gelderen, he has written two books on plants, on Acer and Hydrangea. He is also one of the editors of Dendroflora and enthusiastic lecturer on plants. The last ten years he has further developped his garden and landscape designing, resulting in, amongst other projects, a number of Japanese Gardens in Holland.
Anthony S. Aiello
The Gayle E. Maloney Director of Horticulture and Curator
Tony has served as Director of Horticulture and Curator of the Living Collection at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania since 1999. He is responsible for managing the Morris Arboretum’s historic gardens and living plant collections. As part of his duties, Tony has overseen restoration of the Arboretum’s historic landscape features and participated in the completion of significant capital projects. As part of his curatorial duties he has participated in plant collecting trips to the Southern Appalachian Mountains, China, and Europe. Prior to coming to the Morris, Tony was Curator of Woody Plants at the Chicago Botanic Garden, worked in the horticulture department at Iowa State University, and was the Garden Club of America’s Martin McLaren Fellow in 1991-92. Tony received his B.S. in Biology from Cornell University and M.S. in Horticulture from Purdue University. His interests include trees and shrubs from the northern temperate regions, and in particular magnolias, maples, hollies, and witchhazels. His other botanical interests include the history of horticulture and economic botany.
Agustin Coello-Vera
Agustin Coello-Vera holds an M.A. in Physics and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering all from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has a long career as a researcher in the Aerospace sector, mainly in Microelectronics where he has published extensively. Always a keen gardener in his spare time, ten years ago he became very interested in maples and, slowly, has built up an impressive collection with more than 600 taxons. Living in Southern France he is confronted to tough conditions for growing most Asian and North American species.
Peter Gregory
A retired manager of the world-famous Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, Peter Gregory was involved in Forest Research with the Forestry Commission Research Branch for 40 years. He also managed the crown forests of Yardley Chase and Salcey in Northamptonshire in the early 1980's. Peter was chairman of the Maple Society which he co-founded in 1990, and is the editor of the society's quarterly magazine. He lives in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Piet de Jong
- 1968:
- Agricultural University of Wageningen: masters degree Horticulture.
- 1976:
- Agricultural University of Wageningen: doctors degree on a thesis titled: Sex expression in Acer L. A biosystematic study
- 1977-1988:
- Director of the Botanical Gardens of Utrecht University with special attention for the collections of the VonGimborn Arboretum at Doorn. Study of Betula and Euonymus. Initiator of the Dutch National Plant Collection.
- 1988-1996:
- Member board Research Station for Nursery Stock at Boskoop. Research assortments Malus and Tilia.
- 1996- :
- Honarary Staff Member of the Botanic Gardens of Utrecht University with special attention for the collections of the Von Gimborn Arboretum.
- 1970- :
- Member Dutch Dendrology Society (NDV). 10 year Secretary; Redactional Board Arbor Vitae and Dendroflora ; Author of many dendrologic papers, including co-author Maples of the World.
Philippe de Spoelberch
Amateur botanist and plantsman (lectures and publications).
Botanical expeditions to Temperate forests, Plant collecting and propagating.
Creator of garden of Herkenrode (10 ha) and Arboretum Wespelaar (15 ha) for a total of 10.000 woody species over 40 years.
Board participation : International Dendrology Society (Vice Chairman), Belgian Dendrology Society (Chairman), Non executive Director : Arboretum Kalmthout, Arboretum Wespelaar, Polly Hill Arboretum, Rhododendron Species Foundation, Franklinia Foundation, Magnolia Society International.
Measuring champion trees in Belgium, (Tree of Belgium 1992 : 15000 trees, 1000 taxa).
Retired director of AB-Inbev breweries (1970-2006).
Languages : French, spoken and written, English, spoken and written, Dutch, spoken.
John Grimshaw
John Grimshaw is a gardening botanist and author based in Colesbourne, Gloucestershire, where he manages the Elwes family garden and arboretum at Colesbourne Park.
He has written several books, among them Snowdrops, A monograph of cultivated Galanthus (with Matt Bishop and Aaron Davis) and New Trees, Recent introductions to cultivation, with Ross Bayton, published in 2009.
Research for New Trees took him to many arboreta in Europe and North America to build up a picture of how recently introduced species perform in cultivation.
He is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Advisory Committee on Nomenclature and Taxonomy, and Woody Plant Committee.
Paul Goetghebeur
Professor of Botany & Director of the Botanic Garden, Ghent University
Teacher of botany (morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, systematics), in undergraduate, Master & Ph.D. classes
Research Work
- Morphology (macro- & micromorphology of Cyperaceae & Poaceae)
- Taxonomy & Phylogeny of Cyperaceae
- Morphology, Taxonomy & Phylogeny of Seed Plants (Spermatophytes) in general
- Identification of Seed plants
Scientific service
- Director of the Ghent University Botanic Garden, since 2001
- Acting curator of the Herbarium GENT, since 1992
- Extensive expertise on plant identification
- Editor of the scientific journal “Cyperaceae Newsletter” (1987-1998)
- Secretary of the Examination Committee Biology (1992-2000)
Field work & collecting trips
Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Congo, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Zimbabwe
Hugh Angus
Head of Tree Collections for Westonbirt - The National Arboretum
Hugh’s current role as Head of Tree Collections, gives him responsibility for managing the National Tree Collection and all aspects of biodiversity at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, England.
Westonbirt is well recognized as one of the outstanding tree collections in the world today. It is owned by the Forestry Commission and open to the public all year round. Westonbirt lists some 16,000 numbered woody plants which represent some 2,600 different trees and shrubs. It is also listed as a grade one landscape of international importance. Westonbirt covers some 600 acres and specialises in many genera. However the Maple collection is recognised as being one of the very best in the world.