Recently retired, Keith Tomlinson managed Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia for 23 years. Previously, he worked as the Natural History Education Specialist at Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

Working as an interpretive naturalist over the past forty years, Keith has studied wilderness areas and botanical gardens in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Europe. Keith is the author of numerous articles on plant diversity conservation, botanic garden travel and environmental education. Keith's work has been featured in the New York Times, Honolulu Advertiser, and the Wall Street Journal.

Keith was a consulting editor for the Smithsonian Guides to Natural America and has been a Smithsonian Associates study tour leader since 1999.