Missing Collector Garden Part 1

February 24, 2026 · 26 min · Season 4 · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode explores the journey of the Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden from concept to reality, highlighting the importance of plant conservation and community involvement.

Our Plant Stories has its first mini series. I love following journeys - a venture undertaken over months even years. If you are a regular listener you will know this from my return visits to the Castlefield Viaduct and the proposed Camden Highline each season. The Offshoots for the next few months will follow the journey of the Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden from sketches on paper to a show garden at the RHS Chelsea flower show. The garden will showcase the work of the charity Plant Heritage at the heart of which are the National Collection holders; conserving plants for all of us, ensuring they don't disappear from cultivation. Over the next few months we will learn all about this work. The show garden is possible thanks to Project Giving Back which has sponsored 63 charity gardens since 2022. So in Part 1 we find out how this garden came about and the crucial call from the hairdressers. I think I could have named this episode 'seize the moment'. Can I share my plant story with you? YES PLEASE! I called this OUR Plant Stories for a reason and that is that I love to hear from listeners wherever you are in the world! You can email me Sally@ourplantstories.com and tell me…

People in this episode

Host: Sally Flatman

Topics covered

garden design
plant conservation
community involvement
charity gardens
listener engagement

Keywords

plant stories
garden journey
plant conservation
RHS Chelsea
community gardens
listener stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Plant Heritage

Places: Castlefield Viaduct, Camden Highline