Specialist support for developing and managing living plant collections, ensuring they are strategically planned, scientifically curated, and aligned with best-practice curatorial standards. Includes collection audits, documentation guidance, and long-term management and renewal planning to strengthen the value, resilience, and purpose of any collection.

Expert identification and verification of trees and woody plants, including support with challenging or easily confused taxa. Includes dendrological assessments for arboreta, estates, and private collections, ensuring accurate naming and maintaining the scientific integrity and value of any collection.

Guidance on species selection and sourcing of rare or conservation-significant taxa to support the development of resilient, future-focused plant collections. Includes advice on diversity, long-term sustainability, and building collections that are well adapted to changing climates.

Expert guidance on database design, documentation standards, mapping, and accessioning to support robust and efficient digital collection systems. Includes integration of GIS and spatial data, alongside streamlined digital workflows, to improve surveys, record-keeping, and day-to-day management of living collections.

Description goes heSupport for planning conservation-focused plant collections, helping to prioritise threatened species and ensure acquisitions have clear conservation value. Includes linking collections to meaningful research outcomes so they contribute effectively to wider scientific, ecological, and conservation goals.re