Author: Trevor Griffiths
Born: 1927 or 8
Died: 2010
Bio: Trevor Griffiths (1927-2010) is a name synonymous with beautiful old roses.  Fascinated by plants and flowers from a very young age, a career in horticulture was inevitable for Trevor, and a draft towards cultivation of the world's most popular flower inescapable. 
Trevor Griffiths fell in love with the rose when he was eight years old and his mother took him to a local florist shop.  That love bloomed and he spent more than 50 years creating the world's third largest collection of old roses at his nursery near Temuka.  -https://www.festivalofroses.co.nz/timarus-rose-gardens.html