Vicki Cooke's guest appearances

Vicki Cooke

Roots and All - Gardening Podcast

The Untold Story Of Gardening

The Compost and Conversation Show

Andrea Jones

Michael Holland

Niki Jabbour

Jessica Walliser

Douglas Davis

Sarah Wilson

Jeff Lowenfels

Thomas Rainer

Kim Wilkie

Benjamin Vogt

David Austin

Mary Reynolds

John Brookes

Fergus Garrett

Dan Pearson

OwlTail

Vicki Cooke carries out one of the most important jobs in horticulture working with the world's leading garden plant conservation and research charity, Plant Heritage. Their mission is quite simple; the conservation of cultivated plants.Tamsin digs deeper into life as a Plant Conservation Manager and the role of Plant Heritage in preserving and supporting the sharing of rare species to preserve them long into the future, for cultural, medical, culinary and aesthetic use. It's a citizen science project where each one of us can benefit from growing the plants ourselves (as a Plant Guardian) and potentially have the honour of becoming a National Plant Collection holder!But there's much more to Plant Heritage than meets the eye...! 

Vicki Cooke carries out one of the most important jobs in horticulture working with the world's leading garden plant conservation and research charity, Plant Heritage. Their mission is quite simple; the conservation of cultivated plants. Tamsin digs deeper into life as a Plant Conservation Manager and the role of Plant Heritage in preserving and supporting the sharing of rare species to preserve them long into the future, for cultural, medical, culinary and aesthetic use. It's a citizen science project where each one of us can benefit from growing the plants ourselves (as a Plant Guardian) and potentially have the honour of becoming a National Plant Collection holder! But there's much more to Plant Heritage than meets the eye...!

Vicki Cooke from Plant Heritage

A quick conversation with Vicki Cooke, Plant Conservation Manager at Plant Heritage, covering everything from National Plant Collections, wha plants are crying out for a collection holder, and how anyone can get involved in conserving plants.

A quick conversation with Vicki Cooke, Plant Conservation Manager at Plant Heritage, covering everything from National Plant Collections, wha plants are crying out for a collection holder, and how anyone can get involved in conserving plants.

In conversation with Vicki Cooke - Plant Heritage

This week I’m talking to Vicki Cooke of Plant Heritage. Plant Heritage is a UK charity that works to conserve cultivated garden plants, predominantly through the National Plant Collection scheme and their Plant Guardians initiative. Think National Plant Collections are the preserve of stately homes with huge gardens or horticultural institutions? Not at all! In fact, you could start you own on an allotment, in your greenhouse or porch, you could choose a genera with a 1000 species or just one and choose anything from trees to houseplants. All you need is a passion for a particular group of plants and you can join the ranks of experts and plant fans helping to look after our cultivated plants for future generations.  Dr Ian Bedford’s Bug of the Week: Gooseberry Sawfly About Vicki Cooke: Vicki Cooke is the Conservation Manager at Plant Heritage, and has spent much of her career delving into plants and their history. From Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library, growing and saving seed from heirloom vegetables, to the Hampton Court Palace kitchen garden and now at Plant Heritage, Vicki has always been passionate about growing and conserving our garden plants. What We Discuss: What is Plant Heritage National Collections and why they are important The Missing Genera project Some of the genera that don’t already have a home What is involved in becoming a National Collection holder? How you can take part Links: www.plantheritage.org.uk  Missing Genera top 10 for 2020, plus a link to the long list of all genera without a National Plant Collection   How to start a National Plant Collection  Join and support the National Plant Collections  Get in touch: Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall  Instagram @rootsandallpod Help me keep the podcast free &amp; independent! Support me on Patreon  Or donate as much or as little as you like at  GoFundMe 

This week I’m talking to Vicki Cooke of Plant Heritage. Plant Heritage is a UK charity that works to conserve cultivated garden plants, predominantly through the National Plant Collection scheme and their Plant Guardians initiative. Think National Plant Collections are the preserve of stately homes with huge gardens or horticultural institutions? Not at all! In fact, you could start you own on an allotment, in your greenhouse or porch, you could choose a genera with a 1000 species or just one and choose anything from trees to houseplants. All you need is a passion for a particular group of plants and you can join the ranks of experts and plant fans helping to look after our cultivated plants for future generations.  Dr Ian Bedford’s Bug of the Week: Gooseberry Sawfly About Vicki Cooke: Vicki Cooke is the Conservation Manager at Plant Heritage, and has spent much of her career delving into plants and their history. From Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library, growing and saving seed from heirloom vegetables, to the Hampton Court Palace kitchen garden and now at Plant Heritage, Vicki has always been passionate about growing and conserving our garden plants. What We Discuss: What is Plant Heritage National Collections and why they are important The Missing Genera project Some of the genera that don’t already have a home What is involved in becoming a National Collection holder? How you can take part Links: <a href="https://www.plantheritage.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.plantheritage.org.uk</a> <a href="https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/national-plant-collections/start-a-national-plant-collection/missing-genera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Missing Genera top 10 for 2020</a>, plus a link to the long list of all genera without a National Plant Collection  <a href="https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/national-plant-collections/start-a-national-plant-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How to start</a> a National Plant Collection  <a href="https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/how-can-you-help/join-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join and support</a> the National Plant Collections  Get in touch: Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website <a href="https://rootsandall.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.rootsandall.co.uk </a> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/rootsandall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rootsandall </a> Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rootsandallpod/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rootsandallpod</a> Help me keep the podcast free &amp; independent! Support me on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> Or donate as much or as little as you like at <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/roots-and-all-podcast?utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer&amp;utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> GoFundMe</a>

Podcast 72 - Saving Our Plants with Vicki Cooke of Plant Heritage