John SHIPTON

John has run a nursery specialising in bulbs native to the British Isles for 15 years. He has been on several of his own plant hunting expeditions in Chile, Morocco and Turkey. More recently he has been folowing his father's Eric Shiptin's footsteps in Patagonia and the Himalayas, where he also leads treks.
His special interest both in Turkey and its flora has led to his involvment with the WWF's Indigenous Propagation Project to prevent wild collection of bulbs.