Adrian Slack

{{Short description|British botanist (1933–2018)}}

Adrian Slack (1933 – 3 June 2018) was a landscape gardener, plantsman, author and authority on carnivorous plants. He won 5 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, and authored two books: Carnivorous Plants (1979, 2005) and Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them (1986, 2006).{{Cite web|url=http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/somerset/view/4583950/adrian-slack|title=Funeral Notices}}D'Amato, P. 1988. {{cite web|url= https://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv17n4p125_126.pdf |title=Book review: Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them. }} Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 17(4): 125–126.

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Both of Adrian Slack's books are considered to have excellent cultivation information and are highly regarded in the carnivorous plant community. After a long time out of print, both of them have recently been reissued. Slack developed hundreds of cultivars and many have been named after him.Meyers-Rice, B. & J. Schlauer 2000. [https://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/v29n4p104_105.html Cultivars developed by Adrian Slack]. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 104–105. The sundew species Drosera slackii he cultivated was named in his honour.Cheek, M. 1987. A new species of Drosera from South Africa. Kew Bulletin 42(3): 738.Gibson, R. 2000. [https://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/v29n4p107_109.html Drosera slackii – a living jewel from South Africa]. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 107–109.

Slack founded and ran Marston Exotics carnivorous plant nursery in England before suffering a stroke in 1986 that caused his early retirement.The Savage Garden, Cultivating Carnivorous Plants by Peter D'Amato.

Slack was featured on a 1981 episode of Nature Watch[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005426/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/293049 Nature Watch: Adrian Slack]. BFI Film & TV Database. and in an accompanying book published the same year.Pettifer, J. & R. Brown 1981. [https://www.cpukforum.com/forum/Adrian_Slack.pdf Adrian Slack: Playing God with the Plants of Prey]. In: Nature Watch. Michael Joseph, London. pp. 59–73. {{ISBN|0718119940}}.