John Moore, Churchill College’s Head of Grounds and Gardens, has been in post since 1996. He has a Master of Horticulture with the Royal Horticultural Society and holds a Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture. John trained at both Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens in Harrogate, now RHS, and Cambridge University Botanic Garden before working at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He also studied horticulture at Askham Bryan College, York. John was a regular for two years on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, a live two-hour garden phone-in programme. John has recently co-written a garden guide for Churchill College and is the horticultural consultant/ technical editor for a book chronicling the grounds and gardens of Churchill College from conception to present day.   

Tom Boden, Churchill College’s Head of Estates is responsible for the College’s built and landscaped environment. Tom is a Chartered Surveyor specialising in historic and significant estates having worked previously across the occupied royal palaces and gardens, notably including Buckingham Palace and Gardens, Windsor Castle and Home Park and the Sandringham Estate. Tom is Regional Board Member for the National Trust in the Midlands and East of England and a longstanding member of the 20th Century Society.