Career
Though he also wrote fiction (Lacebury Manor, Other Seas) and some bibliographical works, he is best known for his books on plants that he researched while growing in the garden or about plants that he collected in different parts of the world. He called himself an amateur gardener, but in reality was no amateur.. their own snubs to give."
Robert Gathorne-Hardy was the son of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 3rd Earl of Cranbrook.
He was educated at Eton College.
