Our 2018 events to date but more in the planning.
Keep an eye on our website for event updates. Most events will open for booking in November 2017. Register early interest with office@plantnetwork.org Please remember to get in touch if you are interested in being part of a Forum Group to help to organise events next year.
13th and 14th September 2018 at The Eden Project.
The Eden Project will host this 1.5 day training event where we will learn more about the Eden on Prescription Project and similar case studies sharing information about how our gardens and plant collections can contribute to health and wellbeing. This is a subject that is becoming increasingly relevant and a number of reports are identifying links between our wellbeing and access to nature.
12th July 2018. Nymans Garden, West Sussex.
Spirit of Place is at the heart of how people feel about and experience our properties and why they are relevant. It captures what make a places special. This training day will look at how we identify the Spirit of Place and how it can be used to inform decisions about how your site is understood and managed – from planning events to marketing and what you choose to present to the visitor.
BGCI have produced a technical review on criteria that define a botanic garden, and how botanic gardens measure success. To gather data, an online survey was sent out by BGCI in early 2017 and a literature review of botanic garden annual reports was undertaken to gather further information on how […]
In 2018 our Annual Conference will be hosted at Royal Botanic Garden Kew and will discuss Back to basics – soil and water management, plant nutrition and plant health. We will consider issues, solutions and new research. PlantNetwork’s 22nd AGM will be held on the afternoon of 19th April.
The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is undertaking a major project to revitalise their historic Systematic Beds (also known as order or family beds). PlantNetwork is supporting them by undertaking a benchmarking exercise to build a picture of how order beds are used and valued across Ireland and the UK, and […]
In early July the ABS stakeholder workshop met to discuss the draft EU ABS Guidance Document for Collection Holders. This Guidance document for collection holders is meant to help users, as well as competent national authorities, to establish whether activities carried out fall within the scope of the EU Access […]
In June it was confirmed by the National Reference Laboratory for Phytopathogenic Bacteria of Spanish Agriculture Ministry that Xylella fastidiosa has been found in several trees of an almond orchard in the municipality of Guadalest, in the Marina Baixa region of Alicante Province. The subspecies of the bacterium has not […]
17th May 2017. Cambridge Botanic Garden followed by a meeting of the European users of IrisBG May 18th (Separate booking needed).
October 3rd and 4th 2017. Cambridge Botanic Garden. Registration 13.15 on 3rd October, ends 16.00hrs on 4th. Members £75.
