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PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE PROGAMME
2007
All meetings start at 7.30pm |
| Mon 8 Jan |
Antarctica – Botany in the Cold |
Dr Tim Hooker
BRLSI member
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| Mon 12 Feb |
Water, Plants and Buildings – Man’s biophilia since earliest times |
Dr Charles Stirton
BRLSI member
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| Mon 12 Mar |
Genus Quercus – the Family of Oak – the pain and ecstasy of collecting |
Dr John Gammon
Grower of Trees
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| Wed 11 April |
Inclusionality, Space and Flowerform – evolutionary neighbourhood of plants |
Dr. Alan Rayner
University of Bath
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| Mon 14 May |
The Culture of Curiosity – John Tradescant, father & son |
Jennifer Potter
Writer
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| Mon 11 Jun |
- By Lens, Knife and Trowel – Christopher Edmund Broome botanist and mycologist extraordinaire
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Rob Randall
BRLSI member
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| Mon 9 Jul |
Nature’s Pharmacies – azadirachta indica, the neem tree and other ancient cures |
Sandi Bellaart
BRLSI member
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NO MEETINGS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER |
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| Mon 8 Oct |
The Spirit of Gardening – the intangible beatitudes of a botanical philistine |
Mirabel Osler
Garden Writer
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| Mon 12 Nov |
tba |
Anna Pavord
Writer
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| Mon 10 Dec |
The Symbolism of the Rose .. in history, art, poetry, music and politics
* POSTPONED Due to ill health |
Dr Katherine Swift |
| Mon 10 Dec |
LIQUID ASSETS WETLANDS IN A CHANGING WORLD |
Dr. David Goode |
CONVENOR: Martin Sturge
Visitors Welcome
£4: Members/Students £2 |
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