The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Britain’s leading gardening charity, has appointed cScape to upgrade its web platform – improving usability for Britain’s six million keen gardeners, and improving access to the extensive expert information provided online.
‘We chose cScape to advise us on the redevelopment of our online information resources because of its reputation for technical and strategic consulting.
‘The RHS aims to share information about plants with all gardeners; we are committed to providing the best possible services to our members,’ said Geoff Hodge, Online Editor, The Royal Horticultural Society.
CScape will advise the in-house RHS development team on the migration of the site’s content to Microsoft Content Manager Server (MCMS), and on the implementation of powerful search facilities. The gardening charity plans to boost the RHS Plant Finder and Plant Selectors services, which put gardeners in touch with specialist growers and suppliers.
The RHS plant finder holds more than 70,000 plants, data compiled and updated annually from the catalogue of more than 720 nurseries – which users will have access to at the click of a mouse. The Plant Selector provides immediate access to descriptions, cultivation advice, photographs of plants and links to suppliers – allowing all gardeners to draw on RHS expertise in a practical way.