Barney Johnson

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Bernard "Barney" Stafford Johnson was a horticulturalist who became the first television gardener in Ireland, presenting The Garden on RTÉ from 1977 to 1979. He worked at the Marlfield Nursery in Dublin from 1953.[1][2][3] His son is the nature film maker and presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson.

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  1. ^ Ray Desmond; Christine Ellwood (1994), "Johnson, Bernard 'Barney' Stafford", Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, Taylor & Francis, p. 385, ISBN 9780850668438
  2. ^ Irish Times, 31 December 1979 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Full-length portrait of Barney Johnson", Photographic archive, RTE, 1 January 1979