2017 The International Conifer Conservation Programme Martin Gardner

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

Martin Gardner MBE, Co-ordinator of the International Conifer Conservation Programme at the Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh

Martin joined RBGE in 1991 and much of his work has involved collaborating with a wide range of RBGE staff as well as public and private land owners throughout Britain and Ireland in developing a network of over 200 safe sites for threatened

conifers. This network is widely recognised as one of the most comprehensive ex-situ conservation networks for threatened woody plants anywhere in the world and now contains 50% of the world's critically endangered conifer species.