Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Queen visited (sort of) nine National Plant Collections yesterday, when she went to open the new Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge University Botanic Gardens. Those wedding flags came in very handy!

Lovely Sarah is leaving us for pastures new, so we will be recruiting a new Threatened Plants Project Coordinator. If you think you could fill her shoes, and help drive this fabulous project on, the details are on our website. … Continue reading →

Alien plants are better for insects than natives – it’s official! – Transatlantic Gardener. Now this is interesting- I have been wishing for something like this for years!

For those of you with money burning a hole in your pockets, the RHS Trials Conference is on in July. They have an interesting list of speakers and topics, though I suspect that some of the debates might get feisty. … Continue reading →

A conference organised by Garden Organic, aimed at the trade, rather than at amateur gardeners. And for those of you interested in Hedychium, Tom Wood will be doing a talk on Hedychium Hybrids: 6.30 pm, May 18th,in the Garden Hall … Continue reading →

Myddelton House in Enfield / RHS Gardening. Good to hear that some gardens are still receiving funding! Though I feel it needs to be pointed out that the garden is already home to one National Collection

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