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March 3, 2010
Plant Health
Issues surrounding Plant Health and Diseases
UPDATED with new layout and "Be Plant Wise" campaign.
March 2, 2010
CBD and CITES training day at Kew
Powerpoint presentations, summaries and useful links
NEW
February 2, 2010
Contents of Newsletter 39
Newsletter 39, January 2010
The contents list of the latest Newsletter is now on-line.
NEW
January 22, 2010
Downloads and Plant Health Pages
National Trust: Plant Quarantine & Biosecurity Guidance Notes
Sieven downloadable advice sheets from the National Trust.
NEW
January 19, 2010
Upcoming Meetings details, booking forms etc...
Micropropagation for Gardens
NEW
December 31, 2009
Upcoming Meetings details, booking forms etc...
CBD and CITES for gardens
NEW
Pests, Disease and Invasives - running a clean garden
NEW
December 3, 2009
Issues surrounding Plant Health and Diseases
Additional links on Phytophthora, to JNCC information the Phytophthora Industry Liaison Group, and
RAPRA (European Pest Risk Analysis for Phytophthora ramorum)
UPDATED
November 27, 2009
European Consortium: Alien Plants
Sharing information, and policy, on potentially invasive alien plants in Botanic Gardens
UPDATED
European Consortium: IPEN
The International Plant Exchange Network
NEW
European Consortium: PlantSearch
A Database to plants in Cultivation around the world
NEW
European Consortium: Seed Lists
The Pan-European seed-list search system
UPDATED
November 13, 2009
Displays of Plants from Arid Places at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Wednesday 16 September 2009
NEW Glasshouse Forum powerpoints.
October 10, 2009
Fruit and Vegetables in Public Gardens at West Dean Gardens
NEW Conference proceedings, powerpoints and other links.
August 18, 2009
Fruit and Vegetables in Public Gardens at West Dean Gardens
UPDATED with talks and timetable, also note that the early
booking date has been extended to the 1st September
July 8, 2009
PlantNetwork Target 8 Project Cultivation Database
UPDATED latest version, now with 69 protocols added.
July 4, 2009
Details and booking forms for upcoming PlantNetwork meetings
NEW
Displays of Plants from Arid Places, 16 September, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
NEW
Fruit and Vegetables in Public Gardens, 6–8 October, West Dean Gardens
NEW
Managing and Sustaining New and Old Tree Collections for the Future, 22 October, Exbury Gardens
Contents of Newsletter No. 38, July 2009
NEW at the printers, this edition of the newsletter will be with you soon
July 1, 2009
Pests and diseases on trees and shrubs
NEW PlantNetwork Meeting Report from the Central Science Laboratories, York on 24 June 2009
Issues surrounding Plant Health and Diseases
UPDATED with links to Plant Clinic News from Fera, and
the Forestry Commission's Plant Health News page.
June 27, 2009
PlantNetwork Directory
UPDATED information on 21 gardens:-
Bedgebury National Pinetum, Bristol Zoological Gardens, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Capel Manor College, Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Dawyck Botanic Garden, Exbury Gardens, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, High Beeches Gardens, Kilmacurragh Arboretum, Logan Botanic Garden, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Quinta Arboretum and Nature Reserve, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, South Staffordshire College, Rodbaston Campus, St Andrews Botanic Garden, Trewithen Gardens, University of Birmingham Botanic Garden at Winterbourne, University of Dundee Botanic Garden, University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Wakehurst Place.
PlantNetwork Target 8 Project Cultivation Database
UPDATED version, now with 68 protocols added.
PlantNetwork Target 8 Project Suggestions list
NEW In response fopr requests for suggestions, I have compiled a page of local plants for each garden
included in Natacha Frachon's original species dossiers.
June 14, 2009
EuroGard V book of abstracts, Helsinki, 8-12 June 2009
NEW A pdf document with 67 talks and 60 poster abstracts from the meeting.
Sharing information, and policy, on potentially invasive alien plants in Botanic Gardens
UPDATED with changes to the spreadsheet for Oxalis stricta; poster from Eurogard V meeting;
Code of conduct on horticulture and invasive alien plants in Europe (August 2008); and
Guidelines for handling invasive and potentially invasive plant species in German and Austrian botanical gardens.
May 15, 2009
PlantNetwork Target 8 Project Cultivation Database
NEW A downloadable access-based Database for gathering information from PlantNetwork's Target 8 Project.
Note that this database also contains a substantial amount of information about the ecology,
breeding system and current knowledge of the British and Irish vascular Flora.
Defra/CSL Training Course: Reducing Risks Associated with Importing Exotic Plants
UPDATED Presentations from the Central Science Laboratory (DEFRA) training course given at Sand Hutton, York on
8 November 2005.
Issues surrounding Plant Health and Diseases
NEW A compilation of plant health issues from across the website.
April 25, 2009
Botany in the Garden
NEW PlantNetwork Spring conference proceedings, National Botanic Garden of Wales, 20–22 April 2009
New Members of the Executive Board
UPDATED after the 2009 AGM, showing changes to board membership.
Additions to the Downloads page
NEW
PlantNetwork Advice Sheets on Keeping up to date with Plant Names in Databases (No.1) and
Benefits of using the BGCI Plant Search Database (No.2)