Our Conservation Horticulture Working Group (CHWG) brings together organisations and individuals from across the UKOTs and CDs who are involved in delivering horticulture for conservation (e.g. ex-situ plant conservation, native plant nurseries and botanical gardens) for knowledge exchange, training and capacity building. The CHWG Terms of Reference set out the full rationale for the group, of which the specific objectives are:

1. Facilitate direct connections between UKOTs and CDs who are employing horticultural plant conservation techniques.
2. Enable and encourage knowledge exchange between the UKOTs and CDs, and UK partners.
3. Deliver training and advice (through UKOTCF and other UK-based partners);
4. Stimulate and provide a mechanism for cross-UKOT/CD collaboration and outputs, including joint fundraising.

The CHWG met for the first time in December 2025 and was officially adopted as a working group of UKOTCF at the Council meeting in March 2026.