Call for West gardeners to help conserve horticultural heritage

Starting a National Plant Collection can play a 'vital role' in plant conservation, as Athwenna Irons reports

- Athwenna Irons

WESTCOUNTRY gardeners are being called upon to adopt a pollinator-friendly plant group into their beds and borders in a bid to protect more of the UK's favourite garden plants.

Plant Heritage, a charity working to conserve the country's horticultural heritage, is asking locals to consider starting a National Plant Collection (NPC) to save one of the 16 plant groups highlighted in its Missing Collections 2025 list.

By starting a new National Collection, the charity says people can play an "active and vital role" in plant conservation. They will also join Plant Heritage's "vibrant community" of fellow gardeners with a love for "growing, sharing and saving plants".