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Lecture: The World in a Garden
Mike Nelhams, Abbey Garden Curator, Tresco
Mike Nelhams trained for three years at RHS, Wisley and first went to Tresco Abbey Garden as a student and returned in 1984 as Head Gardener and then in 1994 was made Garden Curator. A Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and an Associate of Honour of the RHS he has a particular interest in plants from the Mediterranean and associated coastal regions of the world.
His talk will look at why Tresco Abbey Garden is able to cultivate plants from every Mediterranean Climate zone in the world on such a small windswept island while sitting out in the Atlantic Ocean, alongside some of the events that have shaped the garden over its long history.
Winter Lectures will take place on the third Thursday of the month at the Frank Theatre, Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL. Lectures are free to Friends on production of their membership card and students on production of their student card. Guests who are not members or students will be asked for a donation (suggested £5).
We hope that you will be able to join us at the theatre but for those unable to travel the Zoom link is below:
Friends Bristol Botanic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Time: Jan 15, 2026 07:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84473665533?pwd=cgFJIgE0U192CjXmj03XFqWViRAtWE.1
Meeting ID: 844 7366 5533
Passcode: 589807
Attendees can use any University car park; the nearest are in University Walk and The Hawthorns – please see map with lecture details.