Mapping every tree on earth
By Jonathon Jones, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Jonathon Jones
Fellow’s Profile
Jonathon Jones
Incorporating South American plants into British garden designs
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Researching the Cornish plant collector William Lobb
Countries
Fellowship year
1997
Locality
South West
Biography
Rediscovering the route that William Lobb explored through South America in the 1840s was a botanical and business triumph. Sir Winston Churchill ordered that tea be grown in the UK and it was a pleasure to finally succeed. Now the first tea grown in England is also Europe's largest tea garden.
I am inspired by simple and powerful communications being transferred into business, such as the Plimsoll Line from shipping now being applied to every trading company.
I am Managing Director of Trading at Tregothnan, advocate of Plimsoll Publishing and founder of businesses, including tremap. This builds on a background of botany and business – the incredible privileges that the Churchill Fellowship opens up.
Activity
October 2020 Fellow's update: Jonathon Jones
Business director Jonathon Jones (CF 1997) has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List for services to international trade and commerce. The honour is in recognition of Jonathon’s work in developing the UK’s first and only home-grown tea company, Tregothnan, in Cornwall.
By Jonathon Jones, 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Activity
Mapping every tree on earth
By Jonathon Jones, 2021
October 2020 Fellow's update: Jonathon Jones
Business director Jonathon Jones (CF 1997) has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List for services to international trade and commerce. The honour is in recognition of Jonathon’s work in developing the UK’s first and only home-grown tea company, Tregothnan, in Cornwall.
By Jonathon Jones, 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
