Tim Smit

Tim Smit ( born September 25, 1954 in Scheveningen, Netherlands ) is a British businessman, record producer, horticultural and archaeologist. He became famous for his gardening projects The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project in Cornwall. Tim Smit lives in Fowey in Cornwall.

Life

Smit grew up as the son of a Dutch father and an English mother in Kent and studied at Durham Archaeology and Anthropology. His grandparents owned the manor of Hartford Hall in Cheshire, however, that they had to sell. He had, however, he could fireweed no idea of wild plants, 1975, on a field trip in search of megalithic tombs he brought his wife Candy, the most important plants in, Red Campion, ordinary loosestrife and Rosebay even then not tell them apart. He spent two years as an archaeological conservators ( County archaeologist ), before he worked as a music producer and songwriter ten years. In 1987 he moved with his family from Brixton after Treveague at Exeter in Cornwall, to devote himself fully to composition here and made ​​the acquaintance of John Nelson and Heligan. In 1991 he started with Nelson to restore the gardens of Heligan. He wrote a book about the project. In 1998, he started the Eden Project, which opened in 2001. In addition to his leadership role at the Eden Project and Heligan in Smit is honorary patron of a number of projects in Cornwall.

Awards

Tim Smit received, among others, the following awards:

• 2002 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE )
• Honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bradford, Durham, Warwick, Wolverhampton and Plymouth,
• Honorary membership of St. Catharine's College, Oxford,
• Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts,
• 2003 Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award from the Foundation for Science and Technology,
• 2011 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE )