PlantNetwork Newsletter No.11 Jun 1999

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
• Springtime in Wales
• AGM
• Directory of Plant Collections
• Focus Groups
• PlantNet autumn conference: Killarney in September
• PlantNet autumn conference
• Restoration of Plant Collections
• Optional field excursions
• Report of meetings
• Topics for Modern Botanic Gardens
• Trees
• Managing Veteran and Heritage Trees
• Tree Forum meeting at Castle Howard
• Fourth International Conifer Conference
• Quinta Arboretum and Nature Reserve
• Plant Records
• Essential Taxonomy and Nomenclature for Plant Records
• PlantNet Plant Records Group inaugural meeting
• Good Practice for Running Local Record Centres
• BSBI Threatened Plants Database
• The Garden History Society – interest in Botanic Gardens
• Developments in Botanic Gardens
• Glasshouse at St Andrews Botanic Garden
• Funding and plans for Ness Botanic Gardens
• Ongoing development at Glasnevin
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses
• Sunderland Winter Garden
• People and Appointments
• Botanic Garden Education Network
• Conferences and Exhibitions
• The Power for Change
• Partnerships for People & Plants - 1st European Botanic Garden Education Congress
• Conservation
• Active Conservation Work in PlantNet Collections?
• Saving Rare Native Plants
• Talking Flowers
• Education for Biodiversity
• Publications
• Rainforests for Health; the Health Consequences of Rainforest Degradation
• Diary