Contemporary Issues for Gardens and Plant Collections
20 June 2010

Our next conference will be held at the Eden Project on the 7–8 September. This conference will explore contemporary issues faced by gardens and their plant collections, featuring successful solutions, new ideas and fresh approaches to accessioning, displaying and managing collections, as well as issues of sustainability, pest and disease control, training, volunteers and education.
See the updated Speaker List
Conference details and booking forms . . .

21 June 2010

The next tree forum meeting will take place on 21st October at Benmore Botanic Garden, and will include a tour of the Tasmanian Ridge, Bhutanese Glade and Chilean rainforest with Curator Peter Baxter. Discussion on their establishment – successes, failures and lessons learned, maintenance, development and timescale of the areas will be considered and how best to interpret phytogeographic plantings. Details and booking form . . .

4th Global Botanic Gardens Congress: June 2010
10 October 2009

A noticeboard has been set up to record findings, talks and initiatives from the 4th Global Botanic Gardens Congress held in June 2010at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin.

Visit the Congress website, www.4gbgc.com ...

Bees in Gardens
6 May 2010

Proceedings now on line
A day about bee-keeping in public gardens and planting to encourage honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees, was held at the Cory Education Centre, Dyffryn Gardens and Arboretum in the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff on the 6th May.

See here for presentations and some of the handouts . . .

Pests, Diseases and Invasive Plants: running a Clean Garden
27 March 2010

Proceedings now on line
Proceedings and outcomes from this topical conference are now on line.

Powerpoint presentations from the conference . . .