Today’s guest on the Landscape Conversations is Professor Tim Entwistle. Tim is a scientist, scientific communicator and botanic gardens director. He is currently President of the International Association of Botanic Gardens (IABG). He was appointed Director and Chief Executive of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in March 2013, following two years in a senior role at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and eight years as Executive Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust in Sydney. Tim writes for a variety of science, nature and garden magazines and maintains an active social media profile with his blog ‘Talkingplants’. He contributes regularly to radio, including ABC RN Blueprint for Living, and has hosted Talking Plants and co-hosted In Season.

I spoke to Tim on a quiet afternoon in the Royal Botanic gardens Sydney.