Plant Healthy Certification Scheme

Together, we can be Plant Healthy

Helping to protect plants, trees and the natural environment

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Whether you grow, trade or care for plants, you can help protect them from harmful pests and diseases with Plant Healthy.

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What is Plant Healthy?

This short video explains what Plant Healthy is and how certification plays such an important role in protecting plants and trees from harmful pests and diseases.

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Why Plant Health Matters

Healthy plants support wildlife, wellbeing, food security and our natural environment. This short video explains why protecting plants matters to all of us.

“We are increasingly aware of the contribution that plants and trees make to our quality of life. Only when the enormity of the risks are known, will we take plant health and biosecurity seriously and enact rigorous precautions to protect our gardens and countryside.”

King Charles III

100+

Certified members

3,500+

Hectares covered

200 million

Plants protected each year

98.3%

Member retention rate

What Our Members Say

Hear directly from some of our Plant Healthy certified members. They share how they’re taking proactive steps to protect plants, trees and landscapes, and why plant health matters to them.

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What is Plant Healthy?

Plant Healthy is a certification scheme helping UK growers, landscapers and other plant professionals protect against harmful pests and diseases through proactive, best-practice plant health management.

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Who is Plant Healthy For?

Whether you’re a grower, nursery, landscaper or other plant professional, Plant Healthy certification helps you play your part in protecting the UK’s plants and trees. Find out who the scheme is for and why it matters.

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Benefits of Certification

Discover how Plant Healthy certification raises standards, protects landscapes and gives your business a genuine commercial and environmental advantage.

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Becoming Certified

From self-assessment to audit, learn how businesses of all sizes can achieve Plant Healthy certification and how the process strengthens everyday practice and biosecurity.

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The Commercial Benefits

Plant Healthy isn’t just good for plants, it’s good for business. Learn how certification helps manage risk, build reputation and deliver lasting value.

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Benefits for Your Staff

Plant Healthy certification strengthens staff skills, boosts confidence and supports a culture of continuous improvement across your organisation.

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Advice

Becoming Plant Healthy certified is easier than you might think. This video offers reassurance and advice on getting started and explains why certification delivers long-term benefits across the sector.

Who We Work With

The Plant Health Alliance brings together organisations from across the plant and land management sectors to promote strong plant health and biosecurity practices in the UK and beyond.

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