Plantlife

Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity. As of 2007, it owned 23 nature reserves around the United Kingdom, and has 10,500 members.

History

It was founded in 1989 with its first President who was a Professor namely David Bellamy. By 1999 it had 22 nature reserves.

Its patron is HRH the Prince of Wales, its president is Philip Mould OBE and its chairman is Peter Ainsworth. English gardener and television presenter Rachel De Thame is their vice-president. The chief executive is Marian Spain, who took over from Victoria Chester in 2014.

Function

Plantlife's principal activities in Britain include the management of 4,500 acres (18 km²) of rare and important plant habitats as nature reserves, lobbying and campaigning in support of wild plant conservation, and organising surveys aimed at generating public interest in wild plants. Plantlife helps run an annual National Plant Monitoring Survey, and a rare species conservation programme, "Back from the Brink". It is a lead partner of HRH the Prince of Wales' Coronation Meadows project.