Clay Jones (horticulturist)

David Brinley Clay Jones, OBE (6 November 1923 – 4 July 1996), known as Clay Jones, was a horticulturist and broadcaster best known as the Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 programme Gardener's Question Time. At the age of 17, with a "rich baritone voice", he was invited to join the D'Oyly Carte opera company.[1]

He came joint tenth with Carol Klein in the BBC poll for the nation's all-time favourite gardener.

He was appointed OBE in the 1990 Birthday Honours.

References

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  1. ^ Search, Gay (2003). BBC Gardeners' World Through the Years. London: Carlton Books Limited. p. 62. ISBN 1-84442-416-2.

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