Join us at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) on June 25th, where we’ll discuss the latest ideas, issues, and topics.
Programme:
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration & coffee
10:00 – 11:00 | Session 1 and Q&A
Speakers: Kathryn Bray (Glasshouse Senior Horticulturist at CUBG) & Luigi Leoni (Glasshouse Team Leader at CUBG)
Talk: Living collections under glass: heritage innovation and future development in the display glasshouses and bays at CUBG
11:00 – 11:15 | Comfort Break
11:15 – 12:00 | Session 2 and Q&A
Speaker: Catherine Walter (CUBG Learning Team)
Talk: Talking Plants
12:00 – 13:00 | Session 3 and Q&A
Speakers: Hugo Bugg (Director & Co-founder of Harris Bugg Studio) & Mats Havström (Director of Conservation and Research at Gothenburg Botanical Garden)
Talk: From Ground to Glass: a collaborative approach to glasshouse landscape design at Gothenburg Botanic Garden
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch & Tours
Networking and informal discussion.
Please note: Lunch is not provided, but there is a great on-site café offering a variety of hot and cold lunch options.
14:30 – 15:15 | Session 4 and Q&A
Speaker: Sven Focke (Collection Specialist for Tropical Flora at the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam)
Talk: Renovating and redeveloping the Climate House for the Hortus Amsterdam
15:15 – 16:00 | Discussion, Summary & Feedback
– Within this session, attendees are invited to share 1 or 2 slides showcasing their current glasshouse work. If you would like to take part in this session, please share your slides in advance and forward them to emma@plantnetwork.org.
Glasshouse Forum 2026
Thursday 25th June | 9:30am–4pm
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Member tickets: £75
Non-member: £90
Ticket prices include arrival tea/coffee and pastries.
Join us for the first in a short series of webinars on hydrangeas.
Tom Christian will present an introduction to Hydrangea, including recent taxonomic changes and the related research and work of the Trees and Shrubs Online team.
There will be time for questions after Tom’s presentation.
Member tickets: £5 (discount code can be found in the PlantNetwork member newsletter)
Non-member tickets: £10
Join us for the second in a short series of webinars on hydrangeas.
Jack Aldridge will cover hydrangea as garden plants in the UK, history and progression from H. macrophylla towards more modern trends in H. paniculata, H. arborescens and H. quercifolia
Member tickets: £5 (discount code can be found in the PlantNetwork member newsletter)
Non-member tickets: £10
Join us for the third in a short series of webinars on hydrangeas.
Jack Aldridge will cover hydrangea as garden plants in the UK, focusing on H. aspera, H. serrata, H. involucrata, the H. scandens complex and future breeding.
Member tickets: £5 (discount code can be found in the PlantNetwork member newsletter)
Non-member tickets: £10
We’re excited to share that planning is officially underway for our October PlantNetwork Conference, hosted at the beautiful Ness Botanic Gardens.
Register your interest and save the dates now (21st & 22nd of October) to stay up to date with details of the full programme, speaker information, and early bird ticket releases!
In 2026, our annual Plant Records Group Meeting will be taking place in the magnificent Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Join us at our highly popular forum for a day of thought-provoking talks, engaging discussion, and of course, a wander around the gardens!
Full programme and speakers coming soon….
Plant Records Group Meeting 2026
Wednesday 25th November | 9:30am–4pm
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Member tickets: £75
Non-member: £90
Ticket prices include morning tea/coffee and pastries.
This year, our Tree Forum is being hosted at Alice Holt Forest on December 1st. Join us for tree health updates, a collections tour, and a potential digital mapping demonstration.
Full programme and speakers coming soon…
Tree Forum 2926
Tuesday 1st December | 9:30am–4pm
Alice Holt Forest
Member tickets: £75
Non-member: £90
Ticket prices include morning tea/coffee and pastries.
Passionate about plants, sustainability and the future of soil?
Catch up on an inspiring webinar series all about soil health – created in partnership with @cihorticulture.
Topic: Soil health & no-dig gardening
🎤 With guest speaker Felicity Roos, National Trust Soil Consultant
Passionate about plants, sustainability and the future of soil?
Catch up on this inspiring webinar series all about soil health.
Topic: Soil Carbon
🎤 With guest speaker Felicity Roos, National Trust Soil Consultant
Passionate about plants, sustainability and the future of soil?
Join us this May & June for an inspiring webinar series all about soil health – created in partnership with @cihorticulture.
📆 Save the dates
💧 5 June: Soil drought resilience
🎤 With guest speaker Felicity Roos, National Trust Soil Consultant
Click the link in our bio to sign up (£10 non-members / £5 for members) or to join us at PlantNetwork for year-round events, training and a brilliant network of plant professionals 🌱
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia)
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
5 September: Pests & diseases
Caroline Gorton
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia)
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
5 September: Pests & diseases
Caroline Gorton
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia)
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
5 September: Pests & diseases
Caroline Gorton
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia)
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
5 September: Pests & diseases
Caroline Gorton
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia) Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
TBC – The impact of climate change on conifers
TBC – Conifer pests & diseases
TBC – The horticultural use of conifers
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia) Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
TBC – The impact of climate change on conifers
TBC – Conifer pests & diseases
TBC – The horticultural use of conifers
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days – discount codes are in the weekly newsletter!
Our Conifers Series is a special programme of online webinars and in-person training days celebrating the diversity, history and future of conifers in horticulture.
Join us for five insightful webinars exploring everything from conservation to climate resilience and propagation:
31 July: Introduction to conifers & their conservation (ICCP & BGCI Global Consortia) Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
21 August: Conifers in the UK and Ireland & unusual/monotypic species
Tom Christian & Hannah Wilson
4 September: Conifer propagation
Chris Trimmer
10 September: History of conifer plant hunting & global histories
Pam Smith
TBC – The impact of climate change on conifers
TBC – Conifer pests & diseases
TBC – The horticultural use of conifers
We’re also hosting six in-person training days at outstanding locations across the UK and Ireland
Bedgebury – 17 Sept
Chatsworth – 30 Sept
Dawyck – 01 Oct
JFK Arboretum – 22 Oct
Killerton – 6 Nov
Bodnant – 13 Nov
Early bird pricing is available for our in-person training days
