Hi everyone. We've taken the decision to hibernate our BlueSky account, and concentrate our social media contact on Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin - so please do follow us there, or click here linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage to keep up-to-date with all our news. #ByeBye
Who's your volunteer of the year? Thanks to the Marsh Trust, we're launching 4 new awards: 1 conservation award for anyone involved with National Collections or Plant Guardians and 3 wider awards. At least 1 winner must be under 35.
Find out more: www.plantheritage.org.uk/news by 9/4
Have you got Viola ‘Mrs David Lloyd George’ in your #garden? Did you know it is one of the plants on our #WishList, plants we're on the conservation hunt for.
Check them out at linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage and you could be doing your bit to conserve our cultivated heritage.
Two of our local Plant Heritage groups are meeting this Saturday and next Wednesday to hear from two excellent speakers on #Irises and #WonderfulWeeds, chat about #plants and, you never know, have a slice of #cake too!
To find an event local to you click: linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage
There are 3 National Plant Collection Open days over the next couple days including Snowdrops
@thenfordgardens (Oxfordshire), Cyclamen (Devon) and Pulmonaria (Worcestershire).
Spring is on the way!! 🌷🪻🌹
For more details: linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage
(Photo Credit: M Stone)
Have a passion for plant conservation? But no room for a National Plant Collection? Well, become a Plant Guardian for plants like Hepatica transsilvanica ‘Winterfreude’
Just grow one plant to ensure their survival into the future, go to: linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage to learn more.
A big #Thankyou to all that came to talk to us at the @htanews.bsky.social #GardenPressEvent yesterday.
The team enjoyed talking about the work #PlantHeritage does and our exciting #MissingCollector garden at #RHSChelsea - if you want to learn more click here linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage
🌼 Daffodils - the sign of Spring🌼
We have 6 National Collection Holders:
@BackhouseRossie in Fife
@BrodieCastle in Moray
Croft 16 Daffodils in Ross-shire
Springfields Festival Gardens in Lincolnshire
Sussex & Suffolk Plant Heritage Group (Dispersed Collections)
#PlantHeritage will be at the #GardenPressEvent in London tomorrow (Tues 17th Feb) at stand H189. Come and see the latest news on our #RHSChelsea Garden, our National Collections Holders and the new WishList plant matchmaking service launched on Valentines day.
🌹❤️Are you looking to make someone's next #Valentine?❤️🌹
Well the #WishList is here. Those rare, sort after plants that our National Collection Holders are seeking.
See if you can bring some special plants some new affection. Click here: zurl.co/IMKqP .
Have a passion for plant conservation? But no room for a National Plant Collection? Well, become a Plant Guardian for plants like Strelitzia reginae ‘Kirstenbosch Gold’.
Just grow one plant to ensure their survival into the future, click: www.plantheritage.org.uk/con... to learn more.
There are 2 National Plant Collection Open days over the next couple days including Cyclamen (Devon) and Snowdrops @thenfordgardens (Oxfordshire)
An ideal time to check out some beautiful #blooms and special #gardens in #February.
For more details: plantheritage.org.uk/events/
Five of our local Plant Heritage groups are meeting this week to hear from some wonderful speakers, indulge in some new purchases at their plant sales, and, you never know, a slice of #cake too!
To find an event local to you click: www.plantheritage.org.uk/eve...
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, here is our conservation team:
Lucy Pitman
Dr Alison Foster
Liz Edwards
Dr Kalani Seymour
To learn more about their work with us go to: www.plantheritage.org.uk/con...
#FemaleScientists #Science #PlantConservation
🌼Snowdrops🌼
Plant Heritage has 7 Collection Holders:
Margaret & David MacLennan in Cumbria
@CamboGardens in Fife
Mr S Owen in Bedfordshire
Paul & Helen Rushton in Aberdeenshire
@thenfordgardens in Oxfordshire
Barbara McPherson in Gloucestershire
@Walmercastle in Kent
Are you an archivist who loves plants? 🪴 Thanks to grant funds, we have a fantastic opportunity to catalogue and create a digital archive of Sarah Cook's National Collection of irises bred by Sir Cedric Morris, made famous at Chelsea
see plantheritage.org.uk/vacancies for more info
Only 100 days to go.....
#RHSChelsea #PlantHeritage #NationalPlantCollections
There are 3 National Plant Collection Open days over the next 3 days including Cyclamen (Devon), Orchids (West Sussex) and Hamamelis (Essex).
An ideal time to check out some beautiful #blooms and special #gardens in #February.
For more details visit: www.plantheritage.org.uk/eve...
Get your bids in for the 2026 Plant Exchange - free rare and unusual plants for all Plant Heritage members, and a great way to find plants for our Plant Guardian scheme too. Deadline 28 Feb.
If you're not yet a member, join us from £12
Find out more: plantheritage.org.uk/plant-e...
🌻Tune into BBC Gardeners World tonight at 8pm on BBC2🌻
Two of our National Plant Collections, Delphiniums and Symphyotrichum (Asters), will be shown again on a Gardeners World Winter special.
To learn more click: zurl.co/PTUnh
Have you started sowing any seed yet? Find us this Saturday 10am - 3pm at the Great Seed Swap at RHS Garden Wisley for some bargains - and plenty of plant chat 🌱
Visit rhs.org.uk/shows-events/ for details
🌸 Discover Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)! 🌸
Plant Heritage has four collection holders:
Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire
National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
Witch Hazel Nursery in Kent
Green Island Gardens in Essex
#Hamamelis #WitchHazel #WinterGarden #PlantMedicine
Some good news to brighten up your January, five plant collections were awarded National Plant Collection® status last month, including the second at HMP Eastwood Park Women’s Prison - a collection of Agastache
Read more here: www.plantheritage.org.uk/new...
It's time for the @RSPB #BigGardenBirdWatch but how can you attract more birds to your garden? Well, plant choice is crucial. Many National Collections® include plants that are beneficial to birds, including two of our newest collections, Ilex (holly) and Crataegus (Hawthorn)
Looking for 'New and Unusual Plants'?
In Suffolk this Saturday?
Go and see Tim Fuller at our Suffolk Group, give a talk about some fabulous new plants you can grow.
For more information:
www.plantheritage.org.uk/eve...
You've met our designers, now it's time to meet their dogs! Introducing Bob, Daphne, Basil and Mozz 🐾
If you missed it, last week we shared the news that we're off to RHS Chelsea Flower Show with an All About Plants garden, designed by The Planting Design Collective.
Looking for a drought proof plant for summer that's good for wildlife? Join our online talk by Frank Fischer about his stunning Salvia garden and nursery near Freiburg, Germany. Next Thurs 22 Jan 6.30pm
Free Zoom event, open to all. Book online: www.plantheritage.org.uk/events
It's cold & wet, so why not meet up & talk plants in the warm today?
-Gloucestershire: Plants with a story by Hopes Garden Plants
- Cambridge: Why we need to keep exploring by Angela Cano
- Newcastle: Belsay Awakes by Deborah Crombie, Head Gardener
see plantheritage.org.uk/events
"What could be more about plants than Plant Heritage?"
Will of The Planting Design Collective sums up why they wanted to work with Plant Heritage, and why designing an All About Plants garden was the perfect fit.
bit.ly/Chelsea2026
2026 promises to be an exciting one for all of us at Plant Heritage. We’ve been keeping it under wraps but are thrilled to finally share the news that we’ll have our first ever designed garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Find out more at bit.ly/Chelsea2026
