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The Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden
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Plant Heritage's [**Missing Collections campaign**](https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/national-plant-collections/missing-collections-2025/) inspired the concept of "The Missing Collector": a mysterious plant enthusiast who has left behind an extraordinary collection. Vignettes of jewel-toned plants nestled within lush green foliage offer visitors a rare glimpse of this treasured botanical archive. Here, intriguing cultivars of *Thalictrum*, *Polypodium* and *Aspidistra* await discovery alongside "missing" plants such as *Verbascum*, *Deschampsia*, and *Aquilegia*.

Inspired by museum display cases, stone drawers within a raised platform create unusual planting opportunities, while stone pillars frame the space, resembling stacked reference books. An unoccupied chair invites visitors to imagine themselves as collector and guardian, posing the question: "Could you be The Missing Collector?"

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 ![Acer buergerianum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/67bb54dd-5481-4ed0-8476-65219669ca9d/conversions/acer-buergerianum-icon.webp "Acer buergerianum") ![Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a07d5c06-39e4-4e16-9bbb-564ee7d9a906/conversions/aquilegia-vulgaris-var-stellata-ruby-port-icon.webp "Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'") ![Athyrium otophorum var. okanum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/37b6b0b9-159b-4aa4-9357-5b3244c5fa6d/conversions/athryium-otophorum-var-okanum-icon.webp "Athyrium otophorum var. okanum") ![Boehmeria tricuspis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/367fcb10-d975-4627-814b-eb6e5aed5815/conversions/boehmeria-tricuspis-icon.webp "Boehmeria tricuspis") ![Geum rivale 'Blazing Sunset'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6e188ea3-717b-4024-8b6b-cf9f4cc9657f/conversions/geum-blazing-sunset-icon.webp "Geum rivale 'Blazing Sunset'")

 ![Acer buergerianum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/67bb54dd-5481-4ed0-8476-65219669ca9d/conversions/acer-buergerianum-thumbnail.webp)Acer buergerianum

 ![Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a07d5c06-39e4-4e16-9bbb-564ee7d9a906/conversions/aquilegia-vulgaris-var-stellata-ruby-port-thumbnail.webp)Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'

 ![Athyrium otophorum var. okanum](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/37b6b0b9-159b-4aa4-9357-5b3244c5fa6d/conversions/athryium-otophorum-var-okanum-thumbnail.webp)Athyrium otophorum var. okanum

 ![Boehmeria tricuspis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/367fcb10-d975-4627-814b-eb6e5aed5815/conversions/boehmeria-tricuspis-thumbnail.webp)Boehmeria tricuspis

 ![Geum rivale 'Blazing Sunset'](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6e188ea3-717b-4024-8b6b-cf9f4cc9657f/conversions/geum-blazing-sunset-thumbnail.webp)Geum rivale 'Blazing Sunset'

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Kate Campbell

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Sally-Anne Rees

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 Planting Design Collective (Co-Founder)

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