is professor of garden culture and open space development in retirement. He is still active in research at the Institute for History and Theory of Design, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin, Germany. He serves as councillor for the research “Center for Garden Art and Landscape Architecture (CGL)” at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. He is one of the six senior fellows for the “Garden and Landscape Studies” research center at Dumbarton Oaks of Harvard University in Washington, DC.

Gert Groening is a member of the international editorial advisory boards for the journal ‘Landscape Research’ (UK), and the journal ‘Die Gartenkunst’ (Garden Art) (Germany). He is a member of the scientific committee of RI_VISTA, research for landscape design journal, University of Florence (Italy).

He is chairman emeritus of the Commission Landscape and Urban Horticulture of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). He also is chairman emeritus of the “Association German Horticultural Library Berlin reg.” (Bücherei des deutschen Gartenbaues e.V.). He has been a member of the international editorial advisory board for the journal ‘Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes’ (USA) from 2005-2012. His most recent book publications are Groening, Gert 2014: Von Dangast nach Colorado Springs. Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff 1892-1983. Leben und Werk der ersten Absolventin eines Gartenarchitekturstudiums (Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff 1892-1983. Life and work of the first woman graduate in landscape architecture). Zentrum für Gartenkunst und Landschaftsarchitektur (ed.), CGL-Studies, volume 22, Munich; an English translation is under way. Ananieva, Anna, Groening, Gert and Aleksandra Veselova (eds.): Gartenkultur in Russland (Garden Culture in Russia). Die Gartenkunst, volume 25, 2013, 1, 250 pp, Worms.

His list of publications is available at http://www.udk-berlin.de/sites/igtg/content/mitglieder/prof_dr_gert_groening/schriftenverzeichnis_gert_groening/index_ger.html.