Event

Group National Collection Holders Day

Batsford Arboretum

Event Start Date Thursday, 30 April 2026 10.00am
Event End Date Thursday, 30 April 2026 4.00pm
Cost Free to Gloucestershire NCHs, others £12.50
Event Location Batsford Arboretum, Bourton-on-the-Hill,
Moreton in March
Gloucestershire
GL56 9AT
Event Contact Penny Ross
Telephone 07971 412132
Contact penelopeross55@gmail.com
Clematis

Clematis integrifolia

© Timothy Walker

The event will bring together National Collection Holders from Gloucestershire and neighbouring counties, members for the Gloucestershire Group and Plant Heritage Conservation Staff. 

The Programme will include:

  • Coffee/tea and cookies on arrival
  • Short talks by National Collection Holders
  • A tour of the arboretum
  • Lunch in the cafeteria (self-pay or bring a picnic)
  • A talk on Ranunculaceae by Timothy Walker, former Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum and Fellow of the Linnaean Society.

THE HOME OF THE NATIONAL PLANT COLLECTIONS®

eg: plant genus, common name, county, collection holder name.