Conserving the diversity of garden plants.
Welcome to Plant Heritage Guernsey.
We are proud to be affiliated to Plant Heritage in the UK.
Guernsey at heart
Here in Guernsey we have around 300 members who enjoy our annual programme of plant sales, lectures, garden visits and the well-established Nerine Festival.
We are keen to conserve plants that thrive or are linked with Guernsey and have several on-going projects.
Key projects
Our projects include an expanding nerine collection, which was designated a National Collection in 2017, pelargoniums and the collection of camellias planted at Government House.
We are also setting up a Caparne Iris collection.
Help is always required and very welcome.
Get involved
We send out a newsletter three times a year and have copies of the Plant Heritage Journal available to collect at our events.
Membership is only £12.00 a year (one or a couple) and many events are free. Why not join us today?
Our current projects
Currently there are four conservation projects:
The Nerine Collection
The Camellia Collection at Government House
The Pelargonium Collection
The setting up of a Caparne Iris Collection
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The gorse behind Beaucette Marina is out now and has a lovely coconut perfume. We had a delicious lunch at Saltwater restaurant and they have given us one of the raffle prizes for the Giant Plant Sale on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 May, 10am - 12noon at Sausmarez Manor. Put it in your diary. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #gorse
This is Geranium maderense, which is pretty spectacular in the spring of year two, but then dies after a long flowering. However it self-seeds happily and finds its own preferred spots in your garden. It also comes in white. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #geraniummaderense
Steph Watkins was chatting to Dr Sue Stuart-Smith on BBC Radio Guernsey this morning and if you use there listen back system you can hear their conversation from 10:18am. Dr Sue Stuart-Smith's talk The Well Gardened Mind is at Les Cotils tomorrow, 18 April from 7:00-8:00pm. Tickets will be available at the door.
The cowslips are out, but are not that easy to get going in Guernsey as our winters are not often cold enough for germination. They are perennial, so you can buy one at a garden centre, even if it has gone over and then be patient! I rather like the tall one in the photo as it has sent up a second flower through the first. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #primrose
