Historic and Cultural Significance of Plants in Cultivation
Date posted: 1 September 2005 - Permalink / Shortlink
A conference to consider the assessment, curation and promotion of significant plants and living collections in botanic and heritage gardens in Britain and Ireland. University of Birmingham Botanic Garden, September 2005
Introduction & welcome
Dr Matthew Jebb, PlantNetwork Chairman; & National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Pamela Smith, University of Birmingham Botanic Garden at Winterbourne
Curation and understanding of historic plant collections
John Watkins, English Heritage
Assessing the cultural significance of plants
Andrew Croft, Atkins Heritage
The culture of deceit: the invention of horticultural histories
Dr John Glenn, Anderson & Glenn
Curation of plant collections in National Trust gardens
Bill Malecki, National Trust
Botanical Birmingham
Pamela Smith, University of Birmingham Botanic Garden at Winterbourne
Tour of University of Birmingham Botanic Garden at Winterbourne
Some historic plant collections
Dr Jan Woudstra, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Plants as ideas
Professor John Parker, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Darwin's flowers: botanical research at Down House
Professor David Kohn, Drew University, NJ, USA; & Charles Darwin Trust
Darwin's family garden in Shrewsbury and the search for lost Scots Roses
Peter Boyd, Shrewsbury Museum Service
The Russell lupin story
Pat Edwards, NCCPG
Veitch plants at Bicton
Paul Champion, Bicton College
Ancient trees - securing their future
Jill Butler, Woodland Trust
Nineteenth-century rhododendron hybrids at Witley Court: an introduction
Michael Lear, Lear Associates
Visit to Witley Court
Richard Squires, Head Gardener at Witley Court Michael Lear, Lear Associates John Watkins, English Heritage
Cultivating a common root-stock? Correlating agendas between museums, libraries and archives; and botanic gardens
Phil Kiberd, MLA West Midlands
Gardens of learning - can interpretation help audience development?
Jaane Rowehl, PLB Consulting & Projects
Hand-held technologies for personal interpretation
Laura Naismith, Centre for Educational Technology and Distance Learning, University of Birmingham
Plants, participation and ethnic communities
James Friel, Black Environment Network
Celebrating the Linnaeus tercentenary in 2007
Dr John David, RHS Wisley
Do(n't) walk on the grass! Managing visitor expectations in historic gardens
Dr Roger White, Ironbridge Institute
Visit to Biddulph Grange Garden
Paul Baker, Property Manager at Biddulph Grange Bill Malecki, National Trust