Geoffrey Smith wurde am 31 Dezember 1928 in Barningham Park, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, UK geboren. Er starb am 27 Februar 2009 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
He worked for twenty years as superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire. He was responsible for creating the Streamside Garden and the Limestone Rock Garden, disproving the doubts of many gardening experts about the plants that would grow this far north in Harlow Carr's poor-quality soil.
