Botany in the Garden
Date posted: 20 April 2009 - Permalink / Shortlink
Date updated: 24 September 2011 - Added report from Newsletter No. 38
National Botanic Garden of Wales, 20 – 22 April 2009
Includes report from PlantNetwork Newsletter No. 38 July 2009
Summary
Our spring conference at the National Botanic Garden of Wales was a great success. We had over 20 presentations outlining the Angiosperm Phylogeny Classification, DNA barcoding projects, plant name issues, developing accessioning policies and the practical implications of all these on managing plant collections.
More than 50 people attended the conference. After presentations on the development of modern plant classification according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) of authors, there were talks on DNA-barcoding research in relation to plant collections, studies of the Welsh flora and plant conservation genetics. Timothy Walker described how an accession policy had been created for the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. John David spoke about managing and communicating changes to plant names; and David Rae told us about how the change to APG II was made in the herbarium and living collections at the gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
A session on order and family beds included talks on APG layouts at botanic gardens in Bristol, Oxford, Kew, Glasnevin and NBG Wales; as well as on the Systematic Beds at Cambridge; and evolution gardens at Dundee, Bristol and West Dulwich station. The conference also included talks on sharing horticultural information from living collections, and managing plant health risks from Phytopthora ramorum and P. kernoviae.
Our thanks to Kevin Lamb, Jess Gould and Laura Davies at the National Botanic Garden of Wales for hosting this conference for PlantNetwork. We are grateful to Fitzpatrick Woolmer Design & Publishing, Sheen Botanical Labels and 908 Ltd for donations.
Presentations
Welcome and introduction
Kevin Lamb, Director, National Botanic Gardens of Wales Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
DNA and plant classification
Mike Fay, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification
Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Designing the APG Garden at Bristol University Botanic Garden
Professor Simon Hiscock, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
DNA Barcoding of Plants
Pete Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
DNA Barcoding research and the Welsh flora
Professor Mike Wilkinson, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
DNA and plant conservation genetics
Natasha deVere, National Botanic Garden of Wales
Creating an accession policy
Timothy Walker, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Managing and communicating plant name changes
Dr John David, Royal Horticultural Society
Changing to APG II at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Dr David Rae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Horticultural Information from Living Collections
Dr Zoe Dunsiger, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Sharing horticultural knowledge and research results
Dr David Rae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Family Borders at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Tom Price, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
APG planting at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales
Laura Davies, National Botanic Gardens of Wales
Tour of APG plantings in the Walled Garden at National Botanic Gardens of Wales.
Garden of Evolution at Dundee
Alistair Hood, University of Dundee Botanic Garden
Using the Order beds for teaching at Glasnevin
Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Evolutionary Dell and APG display at Bristol Botanic Garden
Nicholas Wray, University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Updating the Order beds at Kew
Andrew Darragh, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Public engagement and family beds
Louise Allen, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Systematic Beds at Cambridge
Tim Upson, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
New Leaf Project at West Dulwich Station
Vinnie O'Connell, Southwark Council
Training in skills for public engagement
Pam Smith, Historic and Botanic Garden Training and Development, Lantra and English Heritage
Phytophthora ramorum - a wake up call
Ian Wright, Garden Adviser for Devon and Cornwall, National Trust, Trengwainton
APG trees
Illustrations of APG trees
APG maps
Maps of APG bed layouts
APG literature, guides and interpretation
Downloads of APG APG literature, guides and interpretation