Join our team at Plant Heritage to support our important plant conservation work
We have a small team of staff, supported by hundreds of volunteers and thousands of members across the UK who share our passion for plants and help us to achieve our objectives. Get involved to find likeminded plant enthusiasts and gain new skills and experience.
Historic Iris Research Archive Project (freelance consultancy, short-term)
This special project focuses on cataloguing and digitally archiving the lifetime research of Sarah Cook VMH, who created the National Plant Collection of irises bred by artist and plantsman Sir Cedric Morris. Over many years, Sarah has rediscovered cultivars once thought lost, building an archive full of horticultural and cultural significance. Sarah has now been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, so it is especially important to complete this project this year.
Deadline noon Monday 16 March. Find out more below.
Sarah Cook & Iris 'Benton Opal'
Sarah Cook
Collections Coordinators (volunteer role)
Coordinators play a vital role as the link between National Collection holders in their area, the conservation team and our network of local groups. We have vacancies for collections coordinators in a few areas.
Coordinators mentor and advise people who are interested in starting a collection, support new applicants, visit existing collections, and act as the local point of contact for Collection Holder queries. You will work principally with the conservation team who train, advise and support them.
If you are in (or near) any of the counties or regions below, and would like to find out more, please contact the conservation team :
Derbyshire, North Staffordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire - or a combination!
The West Midlands is covered by a neighbouring collections coordinator, but we will welcome enquiries here too.
Plant Exchange coordinators (volunteer role)
If you enjoy being involved with plants and people, discovering new aspects of plant conservation, meeting like-minded people and travelling once a year to the national exchange, you may be a perfect Plant Exchange coordinator!
The Plant Exchange is open to all members, and we have areas of the country where we’d like to involve more people by having a local area coordinator. It is an excellent way to learn about and acquire rare and unusual plants. Please get in touch, particularly if you are in Cornwall, Scotland (apart from Dumfries and Galloway), central England, or Wales.
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