April 30, 1953

One of Britain's leading proponents of organic horticulture is Robert Flowerdew (April 30, 1953). His career includes spots on telly, and helming various organizations. And writing articles and books, like:

(jtly) The Complete Manual of Organic Gardening, 1992;

The Organic Gardener, 1993;

Bob Flowerdew’s Organic Garden, 1993;

The Complete Book of Companion Gardening, 1993;

Complete Fruit Book, 1995; 

Organic Bible, 1998;

(jtly) Gardeners’ Question Time All Your Gardening Problems Solved, 2000;

Go Organic, 2002;

The No-Work Garden, 2002;

(jtly) The Complete Book of Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit, 2002;

(jtly) Gardeners’ Question Time Plant Chooser, 2003;

(jtly) Gardeners’ Question Time Tips and Techniques, 2005;

The Gourmet Gardener, 2005;

Organic Garden Basics, 2007;

Going Organic, 2007;

Grow Your Own, Eat Your Own, 2008;

Simple Green Pest and Disease Control, 2010;

Composting, 2010, 

Pruning, Training and Tidying, 2010;

Companion Planting, 2010;

Weeding Without Chemicals, 2010;

Re-cycle and Re-use Stuff in Your Garden, 2014;

Pulpit in the Potting Shed, 2015;

Really Help Your Plants, 2015;

Really Help Butterflies, 2016;

Really Help Your Ecology, 2016;

Really Help Your Crops, 2016;

Not a complete bibliography. We should be so prolific. His hobbies are also inspiring.
Robert Flowerdew's recreations, by his account for his Who's Who article, are:

gardening!,
scented plants,
good food,
beautiful women,
conversation,
reading,
etymology,
inventing,
outrageous ideas,
public speaking,
scuba diving,
whingeing on about the state of things,

and yes, cats are also one of Flowerdew's enthusiasms.