Peter joined the University in 1995 and retired in July 2009.

He was a very well regarded horticulturalist and a member of the Royal Horticultural Society; he was an RHS examination assessor and tutored for the Agricultural Training Board and the Horticultural Correspondence College.

Peter’s funeral will be held at 11am on Friday 27 January 2017 at Kingswood Remembrance Park in Bristol; former colleagues are welcome to attend.