No. 46, February 2015


PlantNetwork publishes a regular newsletter containing news and information from botanic gardens, arboreta and holders of other documented plant collections in Britain and Ireland. This newsletter is only available to members of PlantNetwork. Institutional members receive several copies of the Newsletter for circulation amongst their staff.  If you would like to receive your own copy join us.

  • From the Chairman
    • Nagoya Protocol
    • Networking
  • PlantNetwork Directory of Botanical Collections
  • Bernard Payne 1938 – 2014
  • PlantNetwork Membership
  • Future meetings 2015
    • Training Day – Nagoya Protocol and Plant Collections Responsibilities
    • Training Day – Teaching and research in gardens
    • Spring Conference – Tidy lawns to wild meadows; managing grassland in parks and gardens
    • Training Day – Tree safety: legislation and developing your policy
    • Meetings in planning
  • Recent Past PlantNetwork Meetings
    • Plant Pests & Disease identification
    • Rethinking Plant Records
  • Appointments, Awards & Training
    • Dr David Rae recognised with an OBE in the New Year Honours list
    • New appointments at RHS Wisley Herbarium
    • Young Horticulturist of the Year and PlantNetwork
    • Historic and Botanic Garden Trainee Programme
    • The Ventnor Botanic Garden Scholarship
    • Chartered Institute of Horticulture
    • Grow careers
    • Grants for Horticulturists
    • Grow careers
    • Grants for Horticulturists
    • PlantNetwork vacancy notices
  • Conservation
    • Guinea Pigs and Burren Orchids
    • British seeds of yesterday boost hope for tomorrow’s Mediterranean conservation
    • Responsible Sourcing & Manufacture of Growing Media Project
  • Plant Health
    • Observatree
  • News from Gardens
    • Logan Botanic Garden’s new Victorian Conservatory
    • HTA draws up new peat-free growers list for National Trust
    • HLF Award for Garden Museum
    • Bristol Zoo Gardens – Bristol Community Plant Collection
    • RHS to invest in core charitable aims
    • National Botanic Garden of Wales celebrates 25 years
    • HLF award for National Botanic Garden of Wales historic landscape
    • International Garden Cities Institute
    • Chelsea Fringe Festival
  • Resources
    • UK Species inventory project
    • Solanaceae Source
  • Publications
    • Yellow Fever: A prospect of the history and culture of daffodils
    • National Trust Tree Avenues
    • Botanical Treasures: Objects from the Herbarium and Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Course, Conferences and Talks
    • Kew Gardens orchid festival ‘Alluring Orchids 2015 – A Tropical Extravaganza’
    • The Ancient Tree Forum’s annual Spring field event. Bradgate Park in Leicestershire
    • Eurogard VII – The Seventh European Botanic Gardens Congress