Monthly Archives: July 2012

Rich pickings

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

I have been on leave from work for the last week to do some gardening and prepare for a party on the Opening Night of the Olympics.  Favoured by the first decent weather of the summer, the weeds were almost … Continue reading →

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Poisonous party

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

A visit on a sunny afternoon (at last!) to the Royal College of Physicians in Regents Park where the London Group held their summer party. A delightful venue for a party, with quite exceptional catering and service.  We were entertained … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Not the weedkiller, but a miscellany of pictures from the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012.  A huge thank you to all our sponsors, supporters and volunteers for working with us to make the show a great success for Plant Heritage.  … Continue reading →

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Standing room only

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

In 2010 we started our series of talks and workshops at Hampton Court.  The programme has become more adventurous and this year we added seats for weary visitors to rest their feet and stimulate their minds at the same time.  I was working in … Continue reading →

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Tipping Point?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Small and perfectly formed as it was, the size of our marquee restricted the number of Collection Holders able to exhibit with us.  As well as the two covered in a previous post, we were joined by Roger Parsons with his … Continue reading →

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Golden pair

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Two collection holders in the PH marquee at Hampton Court won gold medals:  Tale Valley Nursery with their Rhodohypoxis and x Rhodoxis and Bristol Zoo with Caryopteris.  Their displays were quite different, with a gently rising stand of plants from … Continue reading →

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Oyez, Oyez….

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

….the BBC have discovered Plant Heritage.  This week we have had more filming in the marquee than ever before, with Alys Fowler and Jo Swift both buying seeds and commenting on the collections.  Jo made one visitor’s day by signing … Continue reading →

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Held in Trust

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

Dipping down to deepest Devon for the day, I was proud to represent Plant Heritage at the official opening of the National Trust’s new Plant Conservation Centre, a hospital, nursery, bank, research and education provider – as we were told … Continue reading →

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Around the world in 15 metres

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

Worldwide Conservation was the tall order brief for our central feature given to garden designer Claudia de Yong – and all in a garden 15 metres long.  After months of research into the plants and sourcing them, Claudia and Mick … Continue reading →

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Lavenders blue…..

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Dr Simon Charlesworth is the latest recipient of the Brickell Award for the excellence of his scientific National Collection of Lavandula and he received his award from Chris today at Hampton Court Press day. Despite quoting Spike Milligan who in an acceptance speech said “I … Continue reading →

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