PlantNetwork Newsletter No.26 Dec 2004

PlantNetwork publishes a regular newsletter containing news and information from botanic gardens, arboreta and holders of other documented plant collections in Britain and Ireland. This newsletter is only available to members of PlantNetwork. Institutional members receive several copies of the Newsletter for circulation amongst their staff.

• From the Chairman
• Honorary President 
• Change of name
• PlantNetwork Propagators’ Forum 
• Training Days
• Website and the Directory
• Conserving horticulture
• Putting horticulture into conservation 
• Getting the information out to you 
• Cultivation and Propagation Database 
• Reporting back on the Global Strategy For Plant Conservation 
• PlantNet meetings
• Winter Gardens, at Rosemoor
• Conifer Propagation, at Bedgebury
• Practical Plant Conservation, at Glasnevin
• Plant Health
• Cultivation and Propagation Database
• Appointments & awards
• Careers, occupations and skills
• Conservation
• Reporting on Plant Diversity Challenge
• Conservation Publications
• Plant Diversity Challenge - What are YOU doing about it?
• Why should we take the CBD seriously?
• A ‘Ray of Hope’ for Seychelles Endemics
• BGCI Plant Search
• Plants from South Georgia in Dundee
• Do you grow an Alchemilla from Norway?
• Salvia pratensis at Treborth Botanic Garden
• Peat Replacement
• Freshwater Biodiversity Opportunities in Botanic Gardens and Parks
• Arboreta
• Quinta Arboretum
• English Elms from Italy
• New Arboretum at Rosemoor
• Establishing an Arboretum in Harsh Conditions
• Development Plans for Arboreta: linking the past, present and future
• News from gardens
• Seasonal Surprises at Abbotsbury
• New Alpine House at Kew
• AGM Garden at Sheffield Botanical Gardens
• On Ice at Kew and Eden
• The King of Botanic Garden Plants? Flowering Amorphophallus titanum at Cambridge
• A New Botanic Garden For Bristol
• Living Library Festival in Oxford
•  ‘Tree of Knowledge’ at the British Library
• Education and interpretation
• BGEN training days 2005
• Ways into Learning: poster display
• Story Boards at Edinburgh
• Special Days and Years in 2005
• International
• European Union Botanic Gardens Consortium Expands
• Global Partnership for Conservation 
• RBGE and China Working Together
• Special Relationship at Bletchley Park
• African Plants Initiative at Kew
• Publications 
• Courses, conferences and exhibitions
• Native Flora for the Future
• Trees in a Changing Climate
• The Writer in the Garden
• Diary