Trustees and Patrons

Trustees of The Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust

  • Ms Harriet Flew (appointed 2025)

  • Mrs Karen Horsefield

  • Dr Simon Olpin (appointed 2025)

  • Mrs Jane Quibell

  • Mr Matthew Sibley

  • Mr Miles Stevenson (Chair)

  • One vacancy

Patrons of The Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust

  • Professor Dame Hilary A Chapman, HM Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

  • His Grace the Duke of Norfolk

  • His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

  • Sir Peter Crane, Dean of the School of Forestry, Environmental Studies and Professor of Botany, Yale University, Former Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Sir Peter Middleton, 7th Chancellor of the University of Sheffield

  • Sir Michael Palin, Actor, Writer, Presenter

  • Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, Former Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Mr David Stone, CBE, Former Master Cutler

We would like to give thanks to former Trustees and Patrons for their service to the Gardens.

    • Professor David Lewis, former Professor of Plant Science and Pro Vice Chancellor University of Sheffield

    • Mr David Stone, CBE, former Chair of SBGT and former Master Cutler

    • Dr Sue Kohler, MBE, former Chair of SBGT

    • Ms Holetta Dobson

    • Dr Joe Kavanagh, former Chair of SBGT

    • Professor Sarah Thomas

    • Dr Peter Kohn

    • Ms Barbara Plant

    • Ms Christine Rose

    • Mrs R. Alison Hunter

    • Mr John Hopkins

    • Mr John Swynnerton, (Treasurer), former Company Secretary SIG

    • The 12th Earl of Scarbrough, former Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

    • The 11th Duke of Devonshire, former President of the Northern Horticultural Society

    • Lord Dainton 6th Chancellor of the University of Sheffield

    • Rev’d David Lunn, former Bishop of Sheffield and Rose Expert

    • Sir Reresby Sitwell, Renishaw Hall

    • Mr Robin Compton, former President, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

    • Honorary President, C G Murray CBE, former Master Cutler

    • Mr David Moody CVO, former Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

    • Mr Andrew Coombe CVO, CStJ, former Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

    • Professor Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Gardens