'The best way to save plants is to cultivate and propagate them, then share them with others.'
Roy Lancaster - Renowned plantsman and keen supporter of Plant Heritage
Plant Heritage's aims
- To conserve our horticultural heritage by keeping living examples of garden-worthy plants in National Plant Collections® or with Plant Guardians®
- To identify cultivars at the highest risk of extinction, with the ambition that these can be conserved. We do this through our Threatened Plants Programme
- To document and record the plants we are caring for, and share this information to educate and encourage others. This is done by our National Collection holders and Plant Guardians and in our publications the Directory of National Collections, The Journal, and through our online plant records system Persephone. We use our website and do educational displays at events like flower shows too
- To increase the variety of garden plants available for gardens in the UK, including via group propagation activities and plant sales. We share rare and unusual plants that are not available commercially through our annual Plant Exchange.
- To work in partnership with organisations that can support our objectives. We are proud to work closely with world leading organisations like the RHS, the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh, the National Trust and the National Trust for Scotland amongst others.
Magnolia 'Genie'
© Plant Heritage
Hebe 'Blue Elegance'
© Plant Heritage
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