Plant Collection Development

The development of plant collections has formed an important part of my experience in a number of botanic gardens and arboreta. These have included both exotic and indigenous plant collections coming from a wide range of natural environments with a particular emphasis on the development of conservation and desert plant collections. This has not only required the development of collection policies but also organisation and field collection of the plant material for propagation and the management of plant collections including both their cultivation and the development of plant record systems.

CASE STUDY:

Plant Collection Development: Australian National Botanic Gardens