PlantNetwork Newsletter No.5 Feb 1997

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.

• A Successful First Year for PlantNet
• Annual General Meeting
• eurogard97 - First European Botanic Garden Conference
• PlantNet Conferences
• Plant Records and Databases
• Tender and Southern-hemisphere Plants
• News from sites
• Granada Arboretum: 25 years at Jodrell Bank
• Storm Damage at Younger Botanic Garden, Benmore
• Tropical Conservatory at Staunton
• Collecting Mexican Oaks
• Propagator’s Forum
• Bulbs and the Indigenous Propagation Project - Fauna & Flora International
• Interpretative panels at Ness
• Biotechnology for Biodiversity Platform (BBP)
• Campus of the University of Exeter
• Newhaven Botanic Garden
• English flowers in Cambridge
• Visitor Centre for Ventnor Botanic Garden
• Harcourt Arboretum
• International Phenological Gardens
• National Trust Spring Plant Fairs
• Marks Hall Estate & Arboretum
• Community SCAN - Schools in Communities Agenda 21 Network
• Listing for Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum
• Origin of Domestic Apples
• People & Awards
• Reports of meetings
• Marketing & Retailing in your Garden 
• Fundraising
• Plant Sales at University of Bristol Botanic Garden
• Sarajevo Botanic Garden Appeal
• Publications 
• Diary