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Sustainability of Horticultural Practices
PlantNetwork Spring conference
supported by the Royal Horticultural Society
Wednesday 19 to 21 April 2006
Swallow St George Hotel, Harrogate and RHS Garden Harlow Carr
A topical meeting for botanic and heritage gardens at a time of increasing debate and legislation on
environmental issues. The conference is being organised with the support of the Royal Horticultural Society
and will include a visit to RHS garden Harlow Carr.
| Wednesday 19 April | |
| 2.00 pm | Chaired by Simon Thornton-Wood, Director of Science & Learning, RHS |
| Introduction & welcome Matthew Jebb, PlantNetwork Chairman; & National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Matthew Wilson, Curator, RHS Harlow Carr | |
| 2.10 pm | Sustainability – why do we care? Rebecca Matthews Joyce, RHS Environmental Policy Adviser |
| 2.35 pm | How Green is my Zoo? Chester Zoo and Environmental Management System ISO 14001 John Winward & Ray Morrison, Chester Zoo |
| 2.55 pm | Harrogate approach to gaining ISO 14001 accreditation Deborah Wright, Parks Development Manager, Harrogate Council |
| 3.10 pm | Implementing ISO 14001 at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew David Barnes, RBG Kew |
| 3.30 pm | TEA |
| 4.00 pm | Carbon-conscious building design Johnny Winter, Edward Cullinan Architects |
| 4.30 pm | Alternative energy for public gardens Peter Harper, Centre for Alternative Technology |
| 4.55 pm | It's all PANTS: Eden's approach to threading sustainability through operations Tony Kendle, Eden Project |
| 6.00 pm | Report on RHS/NCCPG conference Simon Thornton Wood, RHS |
| 6.15 pm | PlantNetwork AGM |
| 7.15 pm | DINNER |
| Thursday 20 April | |
| 9.00 am | Don't add water - dry gardens and drought-tolerant plants Matthew Wilson, RHS Harlow Carr |
| 9.30 am | Water Framework Directive Neil Tytler, Foundation for Water Research |
| 9.55 am | Organic Soil Management Sally Smithy, Garden Organic |
| 10.20 am | Developing more sustainable horticultural planting Prof James Hitchmough, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield |
| 10.50 am | COFFEE |
| 11.15 am | Landlife and Creative conservation Richard Scott, Landlife |
| 11.35 am | Irrigation, plant growth and efficient use of water Chris Atkinson, East Malling Water Centre |
| 12.00 am | Potential for reduced watering in ornamental plants Tijana Blanusa, RHS Fellow and University of Reading |
| 12.25 pm | Green roofs and rain gardens: water management in gardens and public landscapes Nigel Dunnett, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield |
| 1.00 pm | LUNCH |
| 2.15 pm | Coach departs for Harewood House Gardens |
| 2.30 pm | Visit to Harewood House Gardens Jim Hatfield, Senior Gardener |
| 6.30 pm | Drinks and Silent Auction viewing at Hotel CONFERENCE DINNER |
| Friday 21 April | |
| 9.00 am | Visit to Valley Garden Deb Wright, Sue and Alan Visit to RHS Garden Harlow Carr Paul Griffiths, Nicola Wright, Alison, Sarah and James Hitchmough |
| 12.45 pm | LUNCH |
| 2:00 PM | Composting regulations and bioaerosols Toni Gladding, Integrated Waste Systems, Open University |
| 2.35 pm | Peat alternatives - trials and examples Paul Alexander, RHS Garden Wisley David Hide, RHS Garden Wisley Sally Pettit, Cambridge University Botanic Garden |
| 3.15 pm | Biomaterials Erica Russell, Nomad |
| 3.30 pm | Science of composting Edward Stentiford, University of Leeds Paul Alexander, RHS Garden Wisley |
| 4.15 pm | TEA and depart |
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