Will Ingwersen

Will Alfred Theodore Ingwersen (7 May 1905 – 14 June 1990), was a British nurseryman and alpine specialist.[1][2] He was an authority on alpine plants, and an expert on rock gardens.[3]

Will Ingwersen

Ingwersen was awarded numerous gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show and was the author or co-author of several books. On occasion, he served as a broadcaster on the BBC's Gardeners' Question Time. The nursery founded by his father ceased to trade in November 2008 when his half-brother Paul retired. [4]

Ingwersen was a past president of Horticultural Trades Association, and vice-president of both the Alpine Garden Society and the Royal Horticultural Society.[5]

Bibliography
  • Alpine Garden Plants (1981)[6][7]
  • Alpines (1992) Saga Press/Timber Press Inc. (Portland, OR)[1]
  • Alpines Without a Rock Garden (1971)
  • Alpine and Rock Plants (1983)[6]
  • Classic Garden Plants (1975)[8]
  • Manual of Alpine Plants (1978) First published by Ingwersen and Dunnsprint (UK)[1]
  • Rock Garden and Alpine Plants[8]
  • The Dianthus: A Flower Monograph[8][6][9]

References
  1. Charlesworth, Geoffrey B. (June 1992). "Alpines (book review)" (PDF). American Horticulturalist. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Clines, Francis X. (12 June 1988). "A Royal Treat". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. Clarke, Ethne (1009). Hidcote: The Making of a Garden. W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 99–100. ISBN 9780393732672. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. "The Ingwersens". Botanica Vintage and Antiques Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. Clark, Pamela. "Founders and descendants: 60 years on, the people who made the Hardy Plant Society" (PDF). Hardy Plant Society. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Will Ingwersen". WorldCat. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. Lovejoy, Ann (February 1992). "Alpines (book review". Horticulture: The Magazine of American Gardening. 70 (2). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. Cotton, Sarah (1989). Guide to the Specialist Nurseries and Garden Suppliers of. Antique Collectors Club. p. 146. ISBN 9781870673068. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. James, G.M. (July 1950). "The Dianthus by Will Ingwersen (book review)". The New Phytologist. 49 (2): 280. JSTOR 2428716. Retrieved 19 April 2022.


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