2017 Plant collecting partnerships Richard Baines

From the PlantNetwork Annual Conference 26th and 27th April 2017 ‘Connecting gardens; engaging people’ Held at The Botanic Cottage, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Plant collecting partnerships Richard Baines, Curator, Logan Botanic Garden

A former student of Barony College, Dumfries, and Threave School of Horticulture, Castle Douglas. Richard continued his

studies at Longwood Gardens Pennsylvania and, at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, where he completed the three-year “Kew Diploma” with honours. After qualifying, he worked with the Parks and Recreation Department of Glasgow City Council before returning to Barony, first as its Head of Horticulture and then as Section Head of Forestry, Horticulture and Environment. In 2007 Richard became Curator of Logan Botanic Garden, a regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh.