In addition to his role as curator of the Tresco Abbey Garden, Mike Nelhams has made numerous appearances on national TV and radio and has written many articles for the horticultural press. He first went to Tresco as student in 1976, and after managing a woodland garden in Sussex for five years, he returned to Tresco Abbey Garden in 1984 as head gardener before accepting the post of curator in 1994. As a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society, Mike regularly leads garden tours to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, St. Lucia, South America, California, Italy and the South of France. He is the author of the book Tresco Abbey Garden.