Apprentice and Trainee Discovery Day: Green Spaces and Wild Places
Open to all horticultural apprentices and trainees – a networking and learning day on 14 October to expand your horticultural horizons.
News
An interview with Frances Porter
Frances Porter has just completed a three year Professional Gardeners’ Guild Traineeship – we hear about her experiences as a trainee, horticultural inspirations and what will be Frances’ next steps as she embarks on an horticultural career.
Final of the Young Horticulturist of the Year 2021 competition
After a year of uncertainty, the YHoY2021 final took place at Logan Botanic Garden.
An interview with Sam Hickmott
Piers Horry talks to Sam Hickmott, a young head gardener looking after a Grade 1 listed landscape garden in a World Heritage Site. We hear how Sam started his horticultural career, his thoughts on what we need to do to encourage more young people to embark on a career on horticulture and the Young Hort of the Year competition.
IrisBG – PlantNetwork’s latest sponsor
We are pleased to announce IrisBG have joined us as bronze sponsors in 2021/22. IrisBG is a complete database and software solution to manage living and preserved botanical collections and operate the garden efficiently and productively.
Proceedings of the Promoting Excellence in Horticulture Conference 2020
The proceedings of Promoting Excellence in Horticulture 2020: the Sibbaldia and PlantNetwork Conference are now available to buy and download. Find out more from acclaimed horticulturists, innovators and conservationists. An international mix of authors and institutions awaits, with content that is relevant to UK ornamental and heritage gardens as well as gardens from further afield.
My employer has PlantNetwork membership but how do I access PlantNetwork resources?
Not sure how to benefit from your employer’s membership of PlantNetwork? Find out here.
An interview with Phil Esseen
What is it like gardening in a zoo? We talk to Phil Esseen about some of the unique challenges that his team face on a day-to-day basis, and find out how Phil came to be a zoo curator – of plants!
Contributions from PlantNetwork Members – to July 2021
PlantNetwork members regularly contribute items to the weekly PlantNetwork newsletter. Some of the recent contributions (May – July 2021) have been collated into this blog. Thank you to all who contributed.
Booking Open: The Modern Garden – PlantNetwork Conference 2021
Booking has opened for the online PlantNetwork conference in November/December 2021!