Monday, 15 June 2026 at 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Alison is the National Curator for Living Collections at the National Trust, leading a small team which provides plant curation, collections and conservation support to all 280 gardens and parklands within the National Trust. The National Trust holds 28 National Plant Collections plus over 120 other plant collections of historic, cultural and botanic significance. Her areas of responsibility are plant curation and collections management (including identification, verification, research, documentation and standards); plant propagation and nursery management (including oversight of the Plant Conservation Centre); and the development and integration of various plant collections and nursery management systems.
Alison is also the Chair of PlantNetwork, a charity which seeks to connect gardens with plant collections across the UK and Ireland, for the preservation and conservation of significant plants.
Horticulture and plants are a second career, following 18 years in financial services, from legal paperwork and accounting, through to the management of large IT and process change projects.