Deborah Trentham
Founder of The Garden Historians, Deborah also works in garden design and holds a BA in the History of Art and an MA in Country House Studies.
Biography
Deborah Trentham holds a BA in the History of Art and an MA in Country House Studies. She has worked at the National Gallery (London) for a decade, has taught garden history for over 20 years at Birkbeck College, University of London, Imperial College, and KLC School of Design in Chelsea. In 2013, Deborah founded The Garden Historians, to bring garden history to a broader audience.
Deborah also works in garden design, and brings her exceptional knowledge of gardens and their histories in Italy, the UK, France, Spain and the USA.
Deborah is also the author of ‘Botanic Gardens of the World: Tales of extraordinary plants, botanical history and scientific discovery’, selected as one of the Sunday Times best gardening books of 2023.