Jim Stribling
Director, Wilmot Botanical Gardens
jimstribling@ufl.edu | (352) 273-5832
Mr. Stribling is a Florida native with a passion for horticulture and landscape management. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Operations Management from the University of Florida in 1987. With extensive experience in managing commercial nurseries, landscapes, and public gardens, Jim has developed a keen expertise in sustainable practices and innovative design.
He has previously served as Director of Aberglasney Gardens in Wales, UK, and the Redland Fruit and Spice Park in Homestead, Fl. Prior to making the transition to public gardens, Jim managed various horticultural nursery enterprises ranging from indoor foliage to tropical fruit.
He is committed to enhancing the beauty and functionality of outdoor spaces and encouraging human interaction with the natural world.
Craig Tisher, MD
Director Emeritus, Wilmot Botanical Gardens
tisher@ufl.edu | (352) 273-5538
Dr. Tisher was awarded his M.D. degree in 1961 from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After completion of his internal medicine training at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and at the University of Washington in Seattle, he pursued his fellowship training in nephrology at the University of Washington. Dr. Tisher served for three years in the military at the Walter Reed General Hospital and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, DC, before he joined the faculty at Duke University School of Medicine in 1969.
In 1980, he accepted an appointment as professor of medicine and pathology and chief of the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida. Dr. Tisher is recognized both nationally and internationally for his writings and research in renal anatomy, pathology and physiology. He served as editor of the premier journal of the American Society of Nephrology and is a past president of the American Society of Nephrology.
In January 1998, Dr. Tisher accepted an appointment as senior associate dean in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. In April 2002, he was named interim dean of the College of Medicine, and in September 2002 he was named dean of the College of Medicine at UF. Following his tenure as dean, and then as associate vice president for program development at the University of Florida, Dr. Tisher was named professor emeritus in the UF Department of Medicine. Having helped preserve the gardens during his tenure as dean, Dr. Tisher remains a tireless advocate for and leader of Wilmot Botanical Gardens as its current director.