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Readers of the PGG Newsletter will have noted that I was getting a little hot under the collar recently about proposed changes, and their implications, to the way in which we are able to save and distribute seed. As is often the case when it comes to politics and its
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An estate agent in Northumberland are selling a house near Berwick with a garden full of plant rarities – Trillium, Paris, Lilium, Primula, Rheum etc. and the owner has asked if any PGG members would like to take cuttings.
Read more →The Ancient Yew Group (AYG) was formed in 2003 to monitor, protect and collect scientific data on old yews; Taxus baccata L. It is sponsored by The Conservation Foundation and The Tree Register. The AYG website includes many field reports and papers on yews, both wild and ‘domestic’ as well
Read more →In recent weeks the press has been full of the news of the spread of ash die-back disease (Chalara fraxinea) and the full implications of the disease becoming all too horribly clear. Vigilance is important The main concentration of cases are in mature ancient forests in East Anglia, along the
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