Aims

Hugh Synge and John Akeroyd started Plant Talk in 1995 as a periodical for all those with a serious interest in plants and their conservation. Hugh and John continue today as part of the Plant Talk team.

past magazine issues
Past issues of Plant Talk

The aim was simple: we believe that in most countries the factor most limiting progress is the lack of people in a position to conserve plants. Plant Talk is designed to help by supporting those who work in this field and by encouraging others to join them.

Plant Talk is a not a peer-reviewed scientific journal but a worldwide network and forum for the exchange of information, opinion and ideas among the large but scattered community of people concerned about plants and conservation worldwide, both professional and non-professional.

Plant Talk reaches out to all supporters of plant conservation and to the many decision-makers who influence policies and attitudes towards plant and habitat conservation. It is a magazine for everybody who wants to conserve plants or to keep in touch with this subject.

Why conserve plants?