Plant Heritage

Plant Heritage Plant Heritage is the home of the National Plant Collections and the Plant Guardian scheme. Visit https://linktr.ee/Plant_Heritage

With our thousands of members and hundreds of volunteers we are safeguarding 100,000 plants for the future.

At the weekend the Plant Heritage Yorkshire Group visited RHS Harlow Carr, home to the Dryopteris National Plant Collect...
25/08/2026

At the weekend the Plant Heritage Yorkshire Group visited RHS Harlow Carr, home to the Dryopteris National Plant Collection®.

Joined by Plant Heritage Chairman Roderick Newton, the group enjoyed exploring the garden and admiring the collection.

Did you know that there are 31 National Plant Collections® across the five RHS gardens? So next time you're paying one of them a visit, keep an eye out! Or take a look at our website and search the National Collections.

Fancy viewing a National Plant Collection or buying some plants at a fair this weekend?Take a look at what's on (for mor...
21/08/2026

Fancy viewing a National Plant Collection or buying some plants at a fair this weekend?

Take a look at what's on (for more details visit our website), or let us know what you're up to in the comments below! Will you be tending to your own plant collection or maybe you'll be enjoying the cooler weather to get some jobs done? 🌦️



https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/events/

Making plans for the weekend? How about joining a garden visit, or heading to a National Plant Collection® open day?Ther...
06/08/2026

Making plans for the weekend? How about joining a garden visit, or heading to a National Plant Collection® open day?

There's some exciting trips planned this weekend including the Plant Heritage London Group group visiting the newly opened Queen Elizabeth II Garden at Regent's Park
There's also a trip in Norfolk to the Garden of Karen Rosebery at Yeoman's Cottage.
Please note, garden visits are for Plant Heritage Members only (unless stated otherwise). Click the link in our bio to find out more.

Everyone is welcome to visit a National Plant Collection® open day, take a look at the collections you could visit this weekend or visit our Events page to plan ahead. You could head to Wacks Wicked Plants in North Yorkshire to see their Pinguicula collection or head to Gloucestershire to see John's Brugmansia collection.

Think you need a huge garden to have a National Plant Collection? Or that it requires a large amount of paperwork to get...
05/08/2026

Think you need a huge garden to have a National Plant Collection? Or that it requires a large amount of paperwork to get started? Well, think again.

We're here to bust the myths around starting a Collection!

If you're interested in starting your own Collection, drop us a message or head to our website for more info.

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Another reason to become a member of !Our Plant Heritage London group is being led on an exclusive tour of the new Quee...
04/08/2026

Another reason to become a member of !

Our Plant Heritage London group is being led on an exclusive tour of the new Queen Elizabeth II Garden @ , in the company of Head Gardener, Fiona Packe. A new 2 acre garden created on the site of the parks derelict greenhouses, and designed with sustainability and wildlife friendliness in mind, it adds a tranquil space to bustling London.

Contact [email protected] for more details, or click the link in our bio to see this event and the many others around the UK that members enjoy.

04/08/2026

Stanhopea graveolens ‘Hermitage Imperialis’ won an Award of Merit from the RHS Orchid Expert Group 🎉. This was donated by the Hartley’s and is part of our National Collection. 🌿

Become a Plant Heritage Member and not only will you be supporting plant conservation across the country, you'll also ge...
03/08/2026

Become a Plant Heritage Member and not only will you be supporting plant conservation across the country, you'll also get all these benefits:
🌱 Access to talks, workshops and demonstrations, plus visits to gardens, nurseries and National Plant Collections®
🌱 Access to specialist plant sales, and free rare and unusual plants through our annual plant exchange
🌱 Receive the Plant Heritage Journal twice and year and the National Plant Collections® Directory
🌱 Receive regular e-newsletters with updates from Plant Heritage
🌱 Join Membership Plus for access to our award-winning plant records system, Persephone
🌱 Receive free Mr Fothergill's seeds (while stocks last).

To find out more and become a member today, click the link in our bio.

This weekend there's a brand new Flower Show in North Wales featuring many of our holders. The at Llanbenwch will fe...
30/07/2026

This weekend there's a brand new Flower Show in North Wales featuring many of our holders. The at Llanbenwch will feature some beautiful floral display, plenty of plants to buy, gardening talks, some classic cars and loads of family entertainment.

Collection holders that will be there are:
Dibleys Nurseries
Hare Spring Cottage Plants
Hoyland Plant Centre- Agapanthus and Tulbaghia National Collection Holders
Mintopia
Farmyard Nurseries
Pheasant Acre Plants
Tynings Climbers/Tynings Plants

Have a great day out!

We have some exciting news to share with you all, there are now officially 750 National Plant Collections® 🌿 Craig Rothw...
29/07/2026

We have some exciting news to share with you all, there are now officially 750 National Plant Collections® 🌿

Craig Rothwell is our 750th Collection Holder, he has a wonderful collection of Epipremnum (also known as Pothos or Devil's Ivy). Here are his top tips for growing these fantastic plants.

Think you have what it takes to become a collection holder, or fancy finding out more about the other 749 National Plant Collections®? Take a look at our website, link in our bio.

Tonight on BBC Gardeners World their special episode from the show will include National Plant Collection holder Joh...
24/07/2026

Tonight on BBC Gardeners World their special episode from the show will include National Plant Collection holder John Cullen (John Cullen Gardens Ltd) and some of his wonderful along side his award-winning Floral Display from the show.

So tune in!

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