MEETINGS	NEWSLETTER	2006-2010 STRATEGY PLAN
	ABOUT US	DIRECTORY	DOWNLOADS

Mosses, Ferns and Lichens in Gardens

PlantNetwork Autumn conference
Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll
18-20 September 2007

Tuesday 18 September
9.30am	Welcome and Introduction Peter Baxter, Curator, Benmore Botanic Garden Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, & PlantNetwork Chairman
9.40am	Threatened species and conservation Chris Cheffings, Joint Nature Conservation Committee
10.10am	Ex situ cultivation of mosses Silvia Pressel, Queen Mary University of London
10.40am	Ex situ cultivation of liverworts Jeff Duckett, Queen Mary University of London
11.10am	COFFEE
11.40am	Landscape and habitat management for lichens Christopher Ellis, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
12.10pm	Encouraging development of lichens on walls, statuesque artefacts and untreated timber structures in gardens Vince Giavarini, ecological consultant specialising in lichens
12.40pm	LUNCH
1.20pm	Walk to see the moss garden and the ruined fernery at Benmore Botanic Garden Peter Baxter, Curator, Benmore Botanic Garden
3.40pm	TEA
9.40am	Moss gardens and publicising bryophytes Sean Edwards
10.10am	Special habitats for British native ferns in cultivation Alastair Wardlaw
10.40am	Cryptogams in gardens: threats and opportunities Fred Rumsey, Natural History Museum, London
10.40am	Discussion: Engaging the interest of the public and garden staff
Wednesday 19 September: Isle of Bute
8.30am	Visit to Ascog Hall Fernery with Katherine and Wallace Fyfe
	Mount Stuart Gardens with Graham Alcorn
	Visit to Balnakailly Wood, an Atlantic oakwood, With Gordon Rothero
	CONFERENCE DINNER at Chatters Restaurant, Dunoon
Thursday 20 September
9.10am	The Francis Rose Reserve: management and engaging the public Iain Parkinson, Conservation and Woodlands Manager, Wakehurst Place, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
9.35am	Ex situ conservation of pteridphytes Jeff Duckett, Queen Mary, University of London
10.00am	Cryptogams for all: enabling real people to understand and enjoy them James Merryweather, independent naturalist
10.30am	COFFEE and look at pictures of fern displays
11.00am	Challenges in the conservation of ferns, mosses and lichens in gardens of the National Trust for Scotland Lindsay Mackinlay, Nature Conservation Advisor, National Trust for Scotland
11.25am	Mosses, ferns and lichens in cultivation in Ireland Matthew Jebb, Keeper of the Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
11.50am	The Heron Wood project: Cryptogamic Sanctuary and Reserve at Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scotland Roy Watling, Caledonian Mycological Enterprises
12.20pm	Discussion: Fern collections and displays, engaging public interest David Rae, Director of Horticulture, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

• Jeff Duckett's reference list, for those wishing to obtain more detailed information about Jeff and Silvia's work.
• Lichens-L at 'lichens-l@HAWAII.EDU' is an email circulated to all lichenologists world wide. Within reason, lichenological questions can be asked and someone may answer.
• Professor Rosie Honegger at University of Zurich Botanic Garden, who has actively set out to grow lichens, and has 10% of the Swiss flora growing at Zurich BG.
• Chris Ellis's Webpage (http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/lichen/staff/ellis/ellis-page.html) on Lichens in Scotland, and his work at RBG Edinburgh.

This meeting was generously supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation