Which BBC gardener died suddenly of a heart attack in 1996
Geoff Hamilton awarded an honorary Master of Science Degree by Anglia Polytechnic University in 1994. Hamilton suffered a heart attack in 1995, and took three months off work to recuperate. He died after suffering a heart attack on a charity bike ride near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in August 1996. His garden at Barnsdale, consisting of 38 themed gardens over , remains open to the public and is run by his son Nick Hamilton (also an organic gardener and writer). A charity, "Geoff Hamilton's New Gardeners' Foundation" was set up to provide a bursary of £4,000 for students of any age and level
Ralph Hancock (landscape gardener) had drawn-up plans to do so. Ralph died before work started and it was left to Bramley to complete the restoration. The gardens at Twyn-yr-Hydd are the last designed by Hancock before his death of a heart attack on 30 August 1950. Ralph Hancock (landscape gardener) Ralph Hancock (2 July 1893 – 30 August 1950) was a Welsh landscape gardener, architect and author. Hancock built gardens in the UK in the 1920s, 30s and 40s and in the United States in the 1930s. A few are well known – the roof gardens at Derry and Toms in London and the