The staff is headed by the Director, Professor Beverley Glover who is assisted by six heads of department and their teams.
About half of the staff are directly concerned with horticulture and the care of the plant collections displayed across the 40 acres of this outstanding heritage-listed Garden. The other positions cover science, education, development, visitor services and administration. Each year, seven trainees join the staff to complete the Certificate of Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship.
Professor Beverley Glover, Director
As Director, Beverley has overall responsibility for strategy and leadership in the Garden. This includes developing the Garden’s relationship with other parts of the University, the wider research community, other educational establishments, and the general public. Beverley is particularly focused on achieving a balance in meeting the Garden’s main objectives – which are research, teaching, outreach, and the provision of an amenity for the citizens of and visitors to Cambridge.
Beverley also co-manages, together with Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme, an initiative of the Gatsby Charitable Trust.
Click here to read more about Professor Beverley Glover or follow her on twitter: @Beverley_CUBG
Dr Sam Brockington, Curator
As Curator of the Garden, Sam has responsibility for managing the collections. These include the living collections, which comprise over 8,000 species, and the Cory Library, which is home to the Garden’s printed collections, including fine antiquarian volumes and early manuscripts. Sam’s key areas of responsibility include planning the future direction of the collections, overseeing the sourcing and documentation of new and diverse species, and promoting the use of the collections for research and teaching.
Click here to read more about Sam. Follow Sam on twitter: @CUBG_curators
Sally Petitt, Head of Horticulture
Sally began her career at the Garden as a horticultural trainee and is now the Head of Horticulture. She supervises a team of 17 permanent horticultural staff across the Garden’s eight horticultural sections, and seven trainees. She also oversees the accredited trainee programme, the Cambridge Certificate in Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship. Follow Sally on twitter:@Sally_Petitt
Wendy Godfrey, Head of Administration
Hayley McCulloch, Head of Learning
Hayley is Head of Learning at the Garden. She oversees the Learning Team who are responsible for the education projects that take place in the Garden. This covers a range of different activities, including educational visits from schools, adult education courses, interactions with higher education students as well as projects with families and community groups. Hayley has a background in plant science and education, having worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) and as a secondary school science teacher.
The Learning Team is made up of three learning officers, each responsible for a different strand of the Garden’s Learning programme.
- Sally Lee is responsible for our Community and Family activities.
- Bronwen Richards is responsible for Schools learning.
- Chantal Helm is responsible for Higher Education and Research impact coordination
Follow the Learning team on twitter: @CUBGLearning
Anna Patterson Lee, Head of Development and Communications
Anna looks after the Garden’s communications with the public and visitors as well as developing projects with current and future funders.
The Communications team (which is Anna and Communications Co-ordinator Helen) has a broad remit from marketing our varied events to talking about latest research to come from the Garden and running the Garden’s social media pages. We are also assisted by two fantastic volunteers.
Please visit our Facebook or twitter pages to find out what’s going on in the Garden.
To find out more about fundraising and ways to support the Garden, please visit our ‘Support Us‘ pages, or contact Anna on 01223 336265 or by email at development@botanic.cam.ac.uk
Rachel Agnew, Finance Manager
Rachel is the Finance Manager for the Garden and has worked throughout the University for many years. She is responsible for all financial operations to include internal and external reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, budget preparation and management of all activity within the Finance Office.
The Finance Team’s remit is diverse – managing a combination of funding (University Support, Trusts, Trade, Donations) from within an educational/charitable setting, but with a strong emphasis on income generation needed to support the Garden’s operations and objectives.
The Finance Team comprises:
Tracey Brock – Deputy Finance Manager and Finance Coordinator
Elaine Dalton – Accounts Payable/Payroll
Anouska Arthur – Accounts Receivable