George W. Waters was the editor of the Pacific Horticulture magazine and was known mainly for his English garden expertise. Born in Brockle, a town near Central London in 1925, he experienced gardening early on via his grandfather whose garden used to win prizes from the Dagenham Corporation. Waters elected not to attend university and instead got his first job as a telegraph messenger for the Cable and Wireless Company in London. When WWII broke out, he was conscripted but registered as a conscientious objector and was given conditional exemption to work in a pharmaceutical company. After the war he moved on to working at Kodak, Ltd as a researcher from 1954 to 1972 and participated in British Garden History Society activities, programs and horticultural groups. Waters became disillusioned with his work at Kodak and moved to Berkeley, California where he connected with the California Horticultural Society and founded the Pacific Horticultural Foundation. He also became involved with editing and decided to revamp the California Horticultural Journal. He remained the editor of the Pacific Horticulture magazine until his retirement in 1997. In this interview Waters discusses growing up in wartime London, service jobs, bicycling, garden status, his gardens in England, the journal format committee, financing, supporters of the journal, advertisers and distribution, his editorial stance, book reviews and photography. He also mentions his Medditerranean gardens, various works with authors, distinctive Bay Area gardens and gardeners such as Lester Hawkins and Marge Hayakawa. The appendices include an autobiographical statement by Olive Rice Waters and letters to authors. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting California horticulture.