Scot D. Medbury

Public Gardens Administration

 

Member since: 2005

Proposed by: The Garden Club of Honolulu, Zone XII

Scot Medbury is executive director of Sonoma Botanical Garden in Northern California. Mr. Medbury has been involved in the curation, cultivation, and interpretation of botanical collections for more than 40 years, having held appointments at gardens in New York, California, Washington, Hawaii, Great Britain and New Zealand. Mr. Medbury is president emeritus of Brooklyn Botanic Garden and currently serves on the governing councils of Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US, the Center for Plant Conservation and the International Dendrology Society, and is an advisor to four American public gardens.

Mr. Medbury received the professional citation from the American Public Gardens Association in 2004, and in 2006 he was one of 100 people named to the Centennial Honor Roll of the American Alliance of Museums. His primary areas of interest include:*Architecture * Landscape Design and Garden History *Interior Design * Education and * Non profit Institutions and Management.

Member since 2005.