Plant Health Alliance

The Plant Health Alliance is a cross-sector group of organisations spanning ornamental horticulture, forestry and land management. Its members include trade associations, environmental NGOs and government agencies.

The Alliance was formed following a plant health conference held at Highgrove in February 2018.

The purpose of the Alliance is to promote and strengthen plant health and biosecurity measures to protect plant species and the ecosystems they support (natural capital), both in the United Kingdom and internationally.

To support this aim, members of the Alliance contributed to the development and review of the Plant Health Management Standard, which was first published in early 2019. The Standard sets out the technical requirements for the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme.

The full Alliance continues to meet twice each year to discuss matters of mutual interest, with a Working Group meeting monthly to review the operation and development of the Scheme.

The work of the Alliance is supported by Plant Healthy Limited, the registered charity that owns the Plant Health Management Standard and operates the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme.