Wild About Hertfordshire – our exhibition celebrating Hertfordshire Natural History Society's 150th anniversary  – would have been impossible without:

Chloé Valerie Harmsworth (designer)

Chloé  is a nature writer and artist. She has written several guidebooks, including The Secret Life of a Woodland Habitat, The Secret Life of Birds of Prey (both published by White Owl), and Heartwood Wildflowers with Brian Legg. She has created artworks for books and exhibitions, including The Remarkable World of Trees exhibition at St Albans Museum in 2021/2022. She was previously the Business Manager at Herts Environmental Records Centre, has worked for Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust, and is co-chair of Heartwood Forest's Wildlife Monitoring Group. You can follow her on Instagram @chloevalerienatureart and see more on her website

Ellie Evershed (designer)

Ellie is a 24-year-old artist with a love of the natural world.  She is well-known amongst her friends and family for being able to ‘draw anything’ and has recently re-designed the Herts Bird Club logo among other illustrative work.

She is currently looking to further her knowledge of all things natural by doing a Biology degree but when not studying she is often found enjoying local wildlife with her dog Max.

Rupert Evershed (designer)

Rupert was born in St Albans and lives and works there with his family.  In his free time, he can mostly be found birdwatching in the local area, seeing how many species he can see within 5 miles of home each year.  His record so far is 153.

His enjoyment of nature started in childhood and extends to all wildlife with an increasing passion to see the everyday landscapes on our doorsteps valued and managed for the wildlife they contain.  For seven years he shared his enjoyment of the nature around St Albans in his Nature Notes column in the local Herts Advertiser newspaper.  He now writes his own blogs which can be found here: www.rupertevershed.com. Rupert is currently the Chairman of the Herts Bird Club and member of the Herts Natural History Society management committee.

Pauline O'Dell (designer)

Pauline is a St Alban's artist specialising in sculptures and models using mainly recycled materials.
She is happy to take commissions

Eleanor Utting (video editor)

Eleanor is a freelance TV vision mixer, working in light entertainment, music, events, theatre, drama and sports. Her credits include: The Masked Singer, BBC Proms, The Chase, Michael McIntyre's Big Show, QI, Royal Opera, Royal Ballet, Starstruck, RSC Live, Channel 4 Paris 2024 Paralympics, BBC Tokyo 2020 Olympics Highlights, Strictly: It Takes Two, Lorraine, Loose Women, Eastenders and Emmerdale.

David Utting (HNHS Secretary and Exhibition Curator)

David has been HNHS Secretary since 2016. His enthusiasm for natural history started during childhood in Cambridge, with time partly spent in the Sudan and Malawi. He is a former journalist, social researcher and public policy analyst.

Lee Wood (Exhibition Designer)

Lee's company, Ember Designs is an award-winning business in the heart of St Albans and with over 25 years’ experience in design and print. It works with a diverse range of clients, across a variety of industries.

The company aims to be at the forefront of innovative and creative design for business, with an emphasis on understanding each client as an individual, listening to them and what they want to achieve, and ensuring that their vision is complete. Ember Designs are proud to be the exhibition designers for ‘Wild about Hertfordshire’. 

Photographers:

Phil Attewell
Mike Barth
Astrid Biddle
Steve Blake
Ian Cunningham
Andy Day
Ian Denholm
Ronni Edmonds-Brown
Stuart Fox
Derek  Girvan
Yves Gisseleire
Mark Gurney
Paul Gymer
Dave Harrison
Neil Hilton
David Hunt
Steve Kelly
Robert Kitchen
Huw Lewis
Gary Mason
Gill Merritt
Andrew Minor
Judith Parry
Richard Pople
Kerry Robinson
Ben  Sale
Andrew Steele

Peter Tallantire
Philip Thornton
Barry Trevis
Patrick Wainwright
Paul Ward
Stuart Warrington
Simon West
Ian Williams
Andrew Wood

Warm thanks go to:

Sarah Keeling (curator) and the St Albans Museum team, Haydon Bailey, Helen Baker, Kate Bretherton, Agneta Burton, Jack Fearnside, the Rev’d Tom Gladwin, Roger Havard, Tim Hill, Peter Tallantire, Sam Village, Graham White, Paul Wood and to Erika Delbecque and the Rare Books Department at University College London. We are most grateful to St Albans Cathedral for the loan of one of their giant Peregrine Falcon puppets.