Robert E. Bowden

Robert Bowden has been the Executive Director of the City of Orlando’s beautiful Harry P. Leu Botanical Gardens for eighteen years and earlier served as the Executive Director of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Director of Horticulture of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis, Missouri, and the Director of Horticulture of Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, L.I., New York.

Throughout the U.S., Robert's delightful photographs and enjoyable essays can be seen in a wide variety of gardening magazines and professional journals. He is an adjunct professor of horticulture at Valencia College and the author of several gardening books.