Brent Elliott was the Librarian at the RHS Lindley Library from 1982 to 2007. He is a former editor of Garden History, and the author of Victorian Gardens (1986), Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society (1994), The Country House Garden (1995), Flora: an Illustrated History of the Garden Flower (2001), The Royal Horticultural Society: a History 1804-2004 (2004), and RHS Chelsea Flower Show: a Centenary Celebration (2013).