DNHG Talk: 47 Years Landscaping in the UAE by Liz Maley Craig
Channel: DNHG Public Lectures
Date: 07/11/2023

Speaker: Liz Maley Craig 
Lecture Date: Monday, 06 November 2023

Biography of Speaker
Liz Maley Craig hails from New Zealand and has been in Dubai since 1977.
Elizabeth Maley-Craig is a horticulturist who studied at Merrist Wood in England and specialised in landscaping, irrigation and propagation. While in London, she was the  Chief Propagation officer of the Royal Parks.

Liz started Plantorama on her arrival in Dubai and has been landscaping ever since. She has written two books. One being 'Gardening in the Gulf' which she co-authored with Shirley Kay. She also worked with Channel 33 on a TV show called 'Gardening in the Gulf'. She authored a second book called Indoor & Balcony Plants.

Liz also ran a plant nursery called The Lansdscape Centre on Beach Road until she was obliged to move to Garhoud, where many members of our community will remember a flourishing area of nurseries. Liz has been an excellent source of information on plants on our field trips for many years and was a participant in the 2010 Socotra trip. ​She has also led some wonderful trips into wadis.


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