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Cultivation and Display of Native Species

PlantNetwork Spring conference
Cultivation and Display of Native Species
1–3 April 2008

Tuesday 1 April
3.00 pm	Welcome and introduction Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin; PlantNetwork Chairman
3.05 pm	Mixed marriages or multiculturalism: the British flora considered. A 350-year study of the flora of Cambridgeshire Professor John Parker, Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden
3.45 pm	Scottish rare plants Heather McHaffie & David Knott, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
4.10 pm	Plantlife and Cambridge University Botanic Garden: in collaborative pursuit of Target 8 Tim Pankhurst, Plantlife Fenlands Officer
4.35 pm	Studies in Cambridge University Botanic Garden on the impact of flora on breeding success in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tits (Parus major) Julia Mackenzie, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
5.00 pm	PlantNetwork AGM
5.30-6.45 pm	Tour of Clare College Gardens Steve Elstub, Head Gardener, Clare College
Wednesday 2 April
9.00 am	Magnesian limestone, meadows and woodland Steve Ansdell, University of Durham Botanic Garden
9.15 am	Experimental meadows Mima Taylor, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
9.35 am	The ever-changing landscape at Hyde Hall James Nolan, Royal Horticultural Society Garden Hyde Hall
10.00 am	Meeting the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation at Harcourt Arboretum Louise Allen & Piers Newth, University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum
10.25 am	COFFEE
10.55 am	Management and cultivation of native plant species and plant communities in a university botanic garden - aims and experiences Nigel Brown, Treborth Botanic Garden, Bangor University
11.20 am	From Ben Lawers to the sea Alasdair Hood, University of Dundee Botanic Garden
11.40 am	PlantNetwork Target 8 Project: progress and promotion Matthew Jebb, PlantNetwork Chairman; & National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
12.05 pm	Discussion
12.30 pm	LUNCH
1.30 pm-5.00 pm	Walk to Cambridge University Botanic Garden (20-25 minutes) The changing nature of native-plant displays Tim Upson, Superintendent, Cambridge University Botanic Garden Tours of Botanic Garden and discussion on habitat displays Look at displays in Gilmour Building
5.00-6.30 pm	RECEPTION and SILENT AUCTION Temperate House, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
6.30 pm	Walk back to Clare College
7.45 pm	CONFERENCE DINNER in Great Hall, Clare College
Thursday 3 April
9.00 am	Native plantings for a new botanic garden Nick Wray, University of Bristol Botanic Garden
9.25 am	Development and maintenance of a native collection for display at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Noeleen Smyth, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
9.50 am	Living on the Edge at the Millennium Seed Bank David Hardman, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst Place
10.15 am	COFFEE
10.45 am	Using Plant Conservation Day and native plants to inspire visitors Edwin Mole, Bristol Zoo Gardens
11.05 am	Wild Cornwall - Eden celebrates biodiversity Darren Topps, Patrick Massey & Jo Thomas, Eden Project
11.30 am	Plants in your palm: handheld interpretation in botanic gardens Michael Saunders & Angela McFarlane, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
12 noon	Discussion
1.00 pm	LUNCH
2.00 - 5.45 pm	Visit to Kingfishers Bridge with Andrew Green, Roger Beecroft, James Cadbury, Stephen Tomkins

Benmore Botanic Garden, Dawyck Botanic Garden, Logan Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Durham University Botanic Garden, Eden Project, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Bristol Botanic Garden, University of Dundee Botanic Garden.

National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens of Wales.