Join us for an inspiring Growing Conversations lunchtime talk at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where curiosity, culture and the natural world come together.
Join our Science Engagement Officer, El James, for an insight into the Garden’s Herbarium and the Heritage Lottery Fund–funded digitisation project that is exploring and cataloguing these historic pressed plant specimens.
Over the past 18 months, 26,000 of 30,000 specimens have been checked and given barcodes, but there is still plenty of work to do to make the collection accessible online.
Alongside the digitisation effort, the project has aimed to inspire public and community engagement with herbaria. One group that has gone above and beyond is the Garden’s own Stitching Botanical volunteer group. Drawing inspiration from the historical herbarium collection, the group has created a unique stitched herbarium focusing on some of Wales’s most threatened and vulnerable native flora.
We will be joined by Sue Quirk, from Stitching Botanical, who will showcase this remarkable final piece and invite discussion about the creative process and the plants it represents.
Each session includes a warm, seasonal lunch, making this the perfect opportunity to nourish both mind and body while connecting with fellow plant and nature enthusiasts in the beautiful surroundings of the garden.
When:
Thursday February 26th | 12 – 2pm
Price:
£8.50 for members | £12.00 for non-members
Attendees DO NOT need to purchase garden admission alongside their ‘Growing Conversations’ booking.