English garden history, western gardening, and creating and editing Pacific horticulture

Boyhood in wartime London, conscientious objector status, alternative service jobs; research work at Kodak, Ltd., 1954-1972, bicycling; British Garden History Society activities, programs, horticultural groups, status; Waters's gardens in England; marriage, and move to Berkeley, CA; connecting with California Horticultural Society, founding of Pacific Horticultural Foundation, decision to revamp California Horticultural Journal: journal format committee, financing, supporters, advertisers, distribution; discussion of Waters's editorial stance, book reviews, photography, Mediterranean gardens, working with authors; distinctive Bay Area gardens, gardeners, and Lester Hawkins, Marge Hayakawa, others. Appendices include an autobiographical statement by Olive Rice Waters; and letters to authors.