Horticulture, The Conference 2024

The Dinner Speaker

Peter Gibbs

Peter counts himself as lucky to have grown up in the beautiful surroundings of the Lake District, where he first developed a love for the outdoors and an interest in weather – there’s a lot of weather in The Lakes! Following a degree in physics and geography at Newcastle University he joined the British Antarctic Survey as a meteorologist, living and working in Antarctica for two years at the isolated Halley research station.

Peter went on to a more than 30 year career as a front line forecaster with the UK’s Met Office, 20 years of that with the national weather broadcasting team at the BBC

Peter is passionate about tackling the biodiversity and climate crises, spending much of his spare time doing outreach work to improve public understanding of climate change, while also working with local nature conservation groups around his Berkshire home. As an enthusiastic gardener he’s making sure his own patch is as wildlife-friendly as possible!