Plant promoter & influencer
Michael Perry is Mr. Plant Geek. He has been involved with gardening and plants since he was just five years old. He is a self-professed Plant Geek, and was listed in the Sunday Times top 20 most influential people in the gardening world, thanks to his plant hunter role at Thompson & Morgan.
Michael was responsible for new plant introductions such as the Egg and Chips plant and the Fuchsia Berry, and keeps busy travelling the world in search of new plants as well as lecturing worldwide, including stints in Japan. He is very active on social media and writes a plant-focused Substack called Grow This, Not That.