No. 44, March 2014


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.

  • From the Chairman
  • PlantNetwork meetings in 2014
    • Managing and enhancing the visitor experience in botanic and historic gardens
    • Garden & Landscape Masterplanning
    • Plant Pests & Disease identification
    • Rethinking plant records
  • Past meetings
    • Managing a Historic Tree Collection in a Public Park
    • Websites and Social Media
  • New initiatives
  • Appointments, awards & training
  • Conservation
    • European Progress on Invasive Alien Species Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
    • European Parliament Directive on Invasive Alien Species
    • Workshop on Invasive Alien Species
    • The Nagoya Protocol
    • Development of Public Display of Scottish Native Plants at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
    • The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Plant Conservation Plant Conservation Strategy 2013-2016.
    • Twelve New Nepenthes for 2013
    • Largest collection of Nepenthes goes on show at Chester Zoo
  • Plant health
    • Allicin, a novel botanical biopesticide for tree disease and pest management
    • Fera tweets
    • Request for Aphids
  • Research
    • Birmingham Institute for Forest Research (BIFoR)
  • News from gardens
    • Growing Wild at Kew
    • Garden Trust Confirmed to Run St Andrews Botanic Garden
    • Botanic Garden on the Isle of Man
    • A New Perennial Meadow for Cambridge
    • The Lovell Quinta Arboretum
    • Welsh Historic Gardens Trust
    • John F. Kennedy Memorial Park and Arboretum
    • Storm damage at the Bishop’s Palace, Wells.
    • Irish tree of the year felled by storm Darwin
    • Hillier Nurseries celebrates its 150th anniversary
  • Plans and Policies
  • Visitor engagement
    • Voicing the Garden – Oral History at Cambridge University Botanic Garden
  • Publications
    • Plant Talk
  • Course, Conferences and Talks
  • Displays and Exhibitions