Wilson Wall, a scientist by training, and by inclination a trumpet player and cyclist, studied zoology and then human genetics. After many years as a clinical geneticist he set up Bewdley Orchids, a conservation company cultivating British native orchids from seed. www.wilsonwall.uk

David Morgan spent ten years as a professional scientist researching in the field of plant physiology. Since then he has been a keen naturalist-cum-amateur scientist with interests in plant distribution and ecology. He continues to dabble with ecological research in his long-established garden meadow. He is also a watercolourist, walker and traveller. Instagram: @CountrySketches