Shirley Angela Sherwood is a British writer, botanist and philanthropist.
Early life
She was born Shirley Cross. Sherwood was educated at St Anne's College, Oxford. She took a bachelor's degree in botany and a D.Phil. working on a project that led to tagamet. ==Career==
Career
She is primarily a collector of, and author of books about, botanical illustrations. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, opened on 19 April 2008, at Kew Gardens is named after her. She is a vice-president of the Nature in Art Trust. ==Honours==
In 1977, Sherwood married the businessman James Sherwood, who appeared in the 2004 Sunday Times Rich List. Her sons, Simon and Charles, from her previous marriage adopted his surname. == Bibliography ==