Dr D G Hessayon RIP

[DannyK]

HIs obituary was in today's Telegraph. 96. His were the first gardening books I ever bought. All from W H Smith, remember them?
The writing in the Telegraph has gone down hill since the passing of Fred Whitsey. The other day someone suggested abandoning roses as they need maintenance, overlooking scent and repeat flowering of many roses.

[peanut]

His books were also my first gardening books too, I loved them.

[Nicos]

That’s really sad to hear.
I have about 5 different books of his.
I had two of his Vegetable Expert…the very mucky, torn , splodgy one was the one I kept in the shed on my first allotment.
All the rest I kept at home to refer to, but that particular one was thumbed through thousands of times during sowing, planting out, pruning…you name it, it was sat in the mud by my side.

Thank you dear man for helping me learn.

[Snoop Puss]

Really sorry to hear this news. I have a couple of his books on my bookshelf.

[Bren In Pots]

I also have a few of his books and they're still my go to books for info.

[Penellype]

Sad to hear this news. I have 5 of his "Expert" books and still refer to them regularly. They are a goldmine of information, even if some of it is becoming a little out of date. The tree and shrub one has been used so much over the years that it is falling apart - the ultimate seal of approval.

[greenishfing]

I also had two copies of The Vegetable expert. Always my first choice for information.

[gardenhistory2]

his books were pretty good.

[mothhawk]

I have the vegetable expert, and the fruit expert, which is really useful when it comes to pruning fruit, and also on the varieties.

[Vince G]

I have the veg and fruit ones. Thoughtful relatives buy me lots of gardening books, but it is Dr Hessayon's that I still refer to most of all.

[gardenhistory2]

obit in US newspaper the washington post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...n-expert-dies/

[mothhawk]

obit in US newspaper the washington post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...n-expert-dies/

Why would we want to read an American obituary for a wonderful British man, when there were many obituaries published in British newspapers at the time?

[Snoop Puss]

I did try and read the Washington Post obituary, but it's paywalled. Even if you give them your email address to supposedly read it for free, which like an idiot I did, they still wanted money. So they have my email address for free and I didn't get to read the article.

There was a very readable, and honest, obituary in the Guardian, mothhawk. Not sure if you read it. Here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...sayon-obituary