Bill Terry

Works by Bill Terry:

• Beyond Beauty: Hunting the Wild Blue Poppy
• Beauty by Design: Inspired Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
• Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy

From ABC BookWorld, "Bill Terry and Rosemary Bates visited eleven exceptional gardens in coastal B.C. and Washington State for Beauty by Design . . . Locales include Robin Hopper's "Anglojapanadian"; woodland wonderland as well as the greenery retreats created by celebrity artist couples Robert and Birgit Bateman on Salt Spring Island, Des and Sandy Kennedy on Denman Island and Patrick Lane/Lorna Crozier of Saanich.

A former CBC executive, Bill Terry has taught plant propagation in the Continuing Education program at Capilano University. He has a diverse collection of Asiatic poppies (Meconopsis) and is a member of the Meconopsis Group and The Royal Horticultural Society. His book, Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy (TouchWood Editions, 2009), is the story of, and guide to growing, the Himalayan Blue Poppy." He appeared at the Festival of Written Arts in 2017.