2017 The power of volunteers, Natalie Chivers Treborth Botanic Garden

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

Natalie Chivers, Curator, Treborth Botanic Garden, University of Bangor

Natalie gained a MEnvi in Environmental Science from Bangor University before training with the Royal Horticultural Society and Gothenburg Botanic Garden. She then studied for an MSc Plant Conservation at Bangor before starting as Curator in August 2015. As Curator of the Garden, Natalie has the responsibility for managing the living collections, which comprise over 2000 species. Her key areas of responsibility include planning the future direction of the collections, overseeing the sourcing and documentation of new and diverse species, driving the landscaping and design of the garden and promoting the use of the collections for research and teaching.