Wilson Wall is the Director of Bewdley Orchids, provider of native British orchids for individuals and groups to grow in their garden or meadow. Elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology (now the Royal Society of Biology) and Chartered Biologist, Wilson has a PhD in genetics and a long interest in growing orchids from seed. He has written several books before, of both single and joint authorship and was editor of The Clematis, journal of the British Clematis Society.

Born and raised in Solihull, David took a degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Lancaster, an experience that saw his interest switch from zoology to botany. He moved to Nottingham University to do a PhD in plant physiology. He had done postdoctoral research in the same field, including a period in New Zealand looking at practical applications of botany in horticulture.