nationality birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation
british 1928 `` expert guides '' d. g. hessayon
 david gerald hessayon author , botanist
d. g. hessayon

david gerald hessayon -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- is a british author and botanist of cypriot descent who is known for a best-selling series of gardening manuals known as the `` expert guides '' under his title dr. d. g. hessayon .
the series started in 1958 with `` be your own gardening expert '' and in 2008 the celebrated their 50th anniversary and the 50 millionth copy in print .
they have become the best selling gardening books in history .
