PlantNetwork Newsletter No.18 Nov 2001

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 of PlantNet
• Board meeting at Glasnevin
• European Union Botanic Garden Consortium meeting
• Westonbirt Conference 
• Technical training days
• Locating and Mapping Plants workshop
• Blaze of Glory
• New membership rates
• PlantNet Technical Training Days
• Use and Management of Peat-free Media for Pots and Landscapes
• Orchid Cultivation
• PlantNet Conference
• Design and Display of Plant Collections
• Pre-conference Tour to Glorious Gardens of Cornwall
• Conservation
• Understanding the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
• Genetic Diversity in UK Plant Genetic Resources
• Cultivation and Propagation of Rare Species
• Starfruit Rescue
• DNA Samples of Rare Plants
• Biodiversity Research in Scotland
• Cricket for Chamomile
• ePIC at Kew
• Plant Records Group
• Locating and Mapping Plants
• Accession Labelling
• Appointments and vacancies
• Help wanted
• Recycling plastic labels
• North American and oriental trees and shrubs
• Education
• Botanic Gardens Education Network
• Understanding of Science
• Plants & Patterns
• Relationships
• Connecting with Plants – Lessons for Life
• 2nd Education Congress for European Botanic Gardens
• Environmental Interpretation Courses
• How do we find and train the next generation of field botanists?
• News from gardens and arboreta
• Water Lilies at Durham Botanic Garden
• Corn Field Wildflower Border at Durham
• North Wales Arboretum Trust
• Scottish Fruits and Vegetables at Fyvie Castle Walled Garden
• Perry Pear Cultivars
• International Westonbirt Festival of Gardens
• Maze at Staunton Country Park
• Wood Recycling, Composting and Endangered Trees
• Publications
• Conferences
• Rhodo’02
• Science for Plant Conservation
• Horticulture, Art and Science for Life
• Connecting with Plants – Lessons for Life
• 2nd Education Congress for European Botanic Gardens
• Eurogard 3
• Second World Botanic Gardens Congress
• Exhibitions
• A Garden Bequest: Plants from Japan
• onetree
• Rodella Purves: Recent Botanical Paintings
• Tender is the Night
• Drawings of British Plants by Stella Ross-Craig
• Diary