Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis has had a life-long interest in plants and gardening. His award-winning retail and mail order nursery, Phoenix Perennials, located in Richmond, BC, offers more than 5000 different plants. In 2013 he was selected as Communicator of the Year by the BC Landscape and Nursery Association and in 2014 as one of Canada’s Top 10 Horticultural Professionals under 40 by Greenhouse Canada magazine. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Perennial Plant Association and is a committee member of Great Plant Picks. Gary leads garden and botanical tours and has thus far taken groups to Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. His encyclopedia The Complete Book of Ground Covers - researched, written, and photographed over nine years - is a compendium for the temperate gardening world with photos taken on four continents.