Dr Martin Lewis Page (born 14 May 1953) is an English botanist, ecologist and plant photographer. Page was born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

and educated at

University College, Swansea Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

, taking his PhD at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...

in 1980, with a thesis entitled "A phytosociological classification of British neutral grasslands". He worked as a photographer in Brighton for several years before becoming managing director of manufacturing company Dangerfield & Page. In 2001 he became news editor of '' The Garden'', the magazine of the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

, and since 2005 he has worked as an ecological consultant. He contributed to the

British National Vegetation Classification __NOTOC__ The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain. A large scientific meeting of ecologists, botanists, and other related ...

and was the first person to describe the British NVC community MG10 (Juncus effusus-Holcus lanatus rush pasture plant community). Page is an expert on

peonies The peony or paeony () is any flowering plant in the genus ''Paeonia'', the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. Peonies are native to Asia, Europe, and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguishe ...

and President of the Peony Society (UK).

Works

*''The Gardener's Guide to Growing Peonies'' (1997) *''AHS Plants for Every Season (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides)'' (2003) *''The Gardener's Peony: Herbaceous and Tree Peonies'' (2005) *''Growing Citrus: The Essential Gardener's Guide'' (2008) *''Name That Plant: An Illustrated Guide'' (foreword; 2008) *''Royal Horticultural Society: What Plant When'' (with Andrea Loom and Simon Maughan; Dorling Kindersley, 2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Martin 1953 births Alumni of Swansea University Alumni of the University of Exeter English botanists Living people Photographers from Birmingham, West Midlands