National Collection holders can use Persephone for free to record your collection, whether it is fully accredited, or still at the proposal stage
More than three-quarters of the 730+ National Collections are already recorded in Persephone. This includes over 58,000 taxa, represented by more than 100,000 accessions.
Whatever your collection, Persephone can be tailored to suit your needs. From Abies to Zingiber and Galanthus to Sequoiadendron, species, cultivars and hybrids can all be accommodated.
Using the Persephone database makes sure that all your information is kept securely. Your records are also accessible anywhere you can use the internet. We run regular workshops online and in-person to support you with your plant recording. See our events page for details.
Our plant recording system Persephone is easy to use anywhere
Barry Clarke
Barry is botanist and plant records officer at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. He uses Persephone to maintain the records of the 14 National Collections held by the Gardens as well as for the four that he looks after in a private capacity.
Jemma Wiggins
Jemma is a pub owner in Gloucestershire and enthusiastic holder of the National Collection of Crocosmia. Persephone is her "go to" place to store all the information she gathers about the plants in her collection and says she "wouldn't be without it".
Kathy and Brian Pike
Kathy and Brian hold the National Collection of Eryngium in North Yorkshire. They say they use Persephone to store and to share all the information they gather on their plants.