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Oxford Botanic Garden symposium. Celebrating Botanic Gardens: Past, Present and Future.
Oxford Botanic Garden is hosting a free, online symposium to explore the vital role played by Botanic Gardens around the world. Welcoming renowned speakers to this international arena, the talks provide a unique opportunity for the public to see behind the scenes of plant science, presented by the people who are working to secure a […]
Jekka McVicar: The Myth and Magic of Herbs
ZoomWe are delighted that our President has agreed to give us another lecture. The illustrated talk will explain how herbs have been used through the ages and some of the quirkier myths and stories that surround them. It will not only demonstrate how magical they are in the making of elixirs and oxymels, but also […]
Bee and Pollination Festival
University of Bristol Botanic Garden The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, United KingdomThe Bee and Pollination Festival returns, and incorporates the Bristol Beekeepers 93rd annual Honey Festival. The Botanic Garden will be in its full late summer colours with displays, demonstrations, and stalls in the main marquee and throughout the Garden. Exhibitors include: The University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences; students and researchers will share some of […]
October Friends’ Lecture – The Bishop’s Palace Gardens Past, Present and Future
The Frank Lecture Theatre Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, United KingdomJoin James Cross, head gardener at The Bishop's Palace, as he discusses The Bishops Palace Gardens Past, Present and Future. James trained at Hadlow College in Kent and worked his sandwich year (and part time to the end of his course) at Sissinghurst Castle Gardens. He then worked a placement at Sheffield Park Gardens before […]
Friends’ lecture 2024: Ecological Civilization – Chelsea Guangzhou Garden
The Frank Theatre Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, United KingdomPeter Chmiel and Chin-Jung Chen The Guangzhou Garden was co-designed for Chelsea Flower Show in September 2021 by landscape architects Peter Chmiel and Chin-Jung Chen. The garden explores how our future cities can balance the needs of people and wildlife and be made resilient to climate change and biodiversity loss – which is core to […]