CONGRESS PROGRAMME Botanic Gardens Conservation International and The University of Oxford Botanic Garden welcome you to BGCI’s 6th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens
10th -14th September 2006
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden, United Kingdom 1
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_01 1 4/9/06 13:13:27 ee – Workshop session (C) Workshop 7 parallel workshops ceremony Paper session (F) Paper 5 parallel sessions Key note speech note Key Dmitry Kavtaradze Professor University, (Moscow State Russia) Examination Schools 13.00 lunch Farewell 11.15 12.30 and closing Conclusions 9.45 9.00 08.30 at registration Day ee 10.45 Morning and coff tea – Saïd Business School, Oxford Saïd Business School, Waste Free Lunch Lunch Free Waste Challenge and workshops Tours Director of KewDirector session (E) Paper 5 parallel sessions Botanic Gardens, KewBotanic Gardens, Key note speech note Key Kim Wilkie (Kim Wilkie Associates) Day registration at registration Day Examination Schools 14.15 16.00 Afternoon tea 14.00 Departure 13.15 – Lunch 18.00 Kew leave Coaches 19.30 International Barbeque at 12.00 11.45 by Welcome 10.15 Royal to Coaches 09.00 08.30 ee 16.30Kew Explore ee 11.30 Morning and coff tea (B)
– poster poster Paper session (D) Paper 6 parallel sessions Workshop session Workshop 8 parallel workshops Network meetings Network University of Oxford University of Oxford Natural History Museum Rivers Museum and Pitt (performance Kismet) by exhibition Paper session (C) Paper 6 parallel sessions Workshop session (A) Workshop 7 parallel workshops Key note speech note Key Gillian Martin Mehers (LEAD International) Examination Schools 15.45 Afternoon and coff tea 16.15-17.30 13.30 11.30 9.45 08.30 at registration Day 09.00 ee 11.00 Morning and coff tea – Arboretum (sculpture and (sculpture Arboretum story activities) telling University of to Visit 2. Botanic Garden Oxford theatre (promenade performances) Paper session (B) Paper 5 parallel sessions Paper session (A) Paper 5 parallel sessions Key note speech note Key Cristian Samper (Smithsonian Institute) Examination Schools 13.15 Harcourt to Visit 1. 17.45 evening Free 18.30 at reception Evening 12.30 Lunch 12.30 and Lunch 11.30 10.00 11.00 Morning and coff tea 08.30 at registration Day 08.4509.00 presentations Video by BGCI Welcome 08.45 presentations Video 08.45 presentations Video 08.45 presentations Video Merton and Trinity college Trinity Merton and gardens Christ Church Christ Church Garden, the Master’s performance by Crossover in the Great Hall at Christ in the Great college Church Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 15.00 of Oxford tours Walking 14.45 15.30 Worcester, of Tours 18.30 in reception Welcome 19.30 Dinner Congress 12.00 at Registration 2 Schedulea glance – at Congress
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_02 2 4/9/06 13:13:29 Welcome
I am delighted to welcome you to BGCI’s 6th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens. The response to this congress has been excellent with over 320 delegates registering from more than 40 countries. Through the congress scholarship programme, we have been able to support 45 scholars from developing countries, making this a truly international congress. We are very grateful to donors and supporters (listed in the programme) and HSBC Investing in Nature for their assistance.
The programme is full of fascinating papers, workshops and posters. Each day, eminent key note speakers will motivate and challenge us to view education from an alternative perspective. Throughout the congress, we will be celebrating the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development. You are invited to pledge your individual and garden support by suggesting an activity or a change of behaviour you could undertake. BGCI intends to track the pledges over the coming years and review the contributions made by botanic gardens to the Decade.
Of particular note is a workshop that will report on the fi ndings of an international review of plant-based education. The study focuses on the results of meetings held in Brazil, China, Indonesia, Russia, UK and USA, and contributes to the implementation of Target 14 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Following the congress, the national reports will be summarised into a paper and submitted to a meeting of the international Liaison Group of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation to be held in Ireland, October 2006. Your comments during this workshop session will be most welcome.
Organising a congress is no small achievement! On behalf of BGCI, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the staff of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden for being such an excellent team to work with and such generous hosts. I am also very grateful to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for arranging a day of activities and exploration.
Finally, this congress could not happen without you! Thank you for coming and I hope you have a stimulating, educational and fun time.
Sara Oldfi eld Secretary General of BGCII
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Congress Leaflet English 31_08_03 3 4/9/06 13:13:29 Organisers
BGCI Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is the largest international network of botanic gardens and related institutions working collectively for plant conservation and environmental education. With over 500 members in almost 120 countries, BGCI provides technical and policy guidance as well as regular up-to-date information in the form of newsletters, magazines, conferences and courses. BGCI is committed to supporting botanic gardens to realise their potential in education for sustainable development.
University of Oxford Botanic Garden, UK The University of Oxford Botanic Garden was founded in 1621, making it the oldest botanic garden in Britain. Throughout its 380 year history the Garden has continually evolved and developed to the point that today it is recognised as a classic yet contemporary botanic garden at the heart of the University and City of Oxford. In 1963 the Garden acquired a satellite collection six miles south of Oxford; the University of Oxford Harcourt Arboretum. The Garden and Arboretum provide an opportunity for thousands of children and adults to learn about plants through its innovative education programme.
Kew The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was awarded World Heritage Site status in July 2003. Kew’s pioneering scientifi c programmes derive enormous benefi t from its plant-based collections (preserved, living, art, artefact and documentation) much of which date back over 200 years. In terms of the general public, Kew is a major visitor attraction and a venerable institution with a signifi cant part to play in formal and lifelong learning. On average, over a million visitors come to Kew each year.
One day of the congress is at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Congress Leaflet English 31_08_04 4 4/9/06 13:13:29 Day One Sunday 10 September
Programme • Registration On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday the congress will be held in the Examination Schools at Oxford University. On Wednesday the congress will be held at the Royal • Tours Botanic Gardens, Kew. • Welcome reception
• Congress dinner
Registration 12.00-16.00 Christ Church Tours 15.00 and 15.30 Tours leave from Christ Church 1 Oxford City Tour 15.00 This is your chance to explore the city and learn more about the history of Oxford. Oxford city guides will take you on a walking tour to see such sights as the colleges, the world famous Bodleian Library, the Ashmolean Museum and Carfax Tower 2 College Garden Tour 15.30 Explore some of the beautiful Oxford college gardens. Conducted by the head gardeners, the tour will off er an insight into the history and horticulture behind the gardens Welcome Reception 18.30 Drinks reception in the Master’s Garden at Christ Church. With performance by Crossover Congress Dinner 19.30 Seasonal feast in the Great Hall. Welcome by Timothy Walker, Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Web Clinic Diane Wyse Jackson and Sarah Dixon, the BGCI web Nasir Hamid team, are running an ongoing web clinic/workshop on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of the congress. Based in the Examination Schools, they have two of BGCI’s databases to share with you – the Garden Search and the Plant Search. These invaluable resources can support your education work and the mission of your garden. Come and fi nd out how you can use the BGCI website for your garden’s benefi t
Day One Sunday 10 September 5
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_05 5 4/9/06 13:13:31 Day Two Monday 11 September
• Plenary Paper session (A) 3 Theme: Public Awareness 10.00-11.00 of Plants • Paper sessions Bringing plants to life 1 Theme: Achieving through interpretation • Visit to University of Sustainability: Room 7 Oxford Botanic Garden Ideas and Solutions Moderator: Dr Dawn Sanders, and Harcourt Arboretum (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) Institute of Education, UK South School Jacqui Kennedy, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, Australia. Registration Moderator: Dr Marcela Sanchez, BGCI Argentina A picture paints a thousand words 08.30 Michael Holland, Chelsea Physic Examination Schools Environmental education in Argentina – principles Garden, London, UK. ‘Shelf Life’: and practices a practical introduction Video presentations Dr Ana Julia Nebbia, Pillahuinco Wangmo Moitra, Royal Botanic 08.45-09.00 Botanic Garden, Argentina. Cutting Garden, Serbithang, Bhutan. Recycling South School trees to protect pastures: a challenge plastic bottles as mini greenhouses for of communication plant propagation Opening Plenary Gail Bromley, RBG Kew, UK. 09.00 Interpreting biodiversity – with the 4 Theme: Refl ection on South School community, for the community Practice Offi cial welcome from Sara Oldfi eld, Eugenia Alvarez, Cordoba Botanic The nature of science education Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Garden, Argentina. The educational Room 14 Conservation International and Baroness programme at Cordoba Botanic Moderator: Sue Hunt, Joan Walmsley, Chair of BGCI Board of Garden Directors Wakehurst Place, UK Helene Vilbert, Miquel J. Culaciati Ana Claudia Nepote, UNAM Botanic Botanic Garden. Investing in Key note speaker: Garden, Mexico. Two ways of looking Nature programme: a new model Dr Cristian Samper at a botanic garden: science and for environmental education in Dr Samper is Director of the Smithsonian education as activating forces Argentinian botanic gardens National Museum of Natural History, USA. Asli Sezen, Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Cristian has played a key role in biodiversity Garden, Istanbul, Turkey. The eff ects conservation in Colombia, creating an 2 Theme: Education for All: of integrating fi eld trips into science environmental education programme for Working with Challenging curriculum on students’ achievement 10,000 schools, helping to form Colombia’s Audiences level of science and teachers’ thoughts environment ministry in 1993 and Addressing inclusion about science teaching – the case of founding the Alexander von Humboldt in botanic gardens botanic garden education Institute, the national biodiversity research institute of Colombia. In 2001 he won the Room 6 Dr Sue Johnson, Institute of country’s National Environment Prize Moderator: Pat Ealey, Education, London, UK. Darwin Holly Lodge Centre, UK Inspired Learning – refl ecting on practice in botanic gardens Jane McCleave, SURFACE, University of Salford, UK. Inclusive environments and the application of inclusive design 5 Theme: Public Awareness principles to garden sites of Plants Jean Marie Larson, Centre for Botanic gardens serving their Therapeutic Horticulture, University of communities – case studies Minnesota, USA. What’s so therapeutic Room 15 about horticulture? Moderator: Sharon Myrie, Ratchuporn Spanuchat, Queen Brooklyn Botanic Garden, USA Sirikit Botanic Garden, Thailand. Prof. Ghulam Hassan Dar, University QSBG Garden for the Blind of Kashmir, India. The Kashmir University Botanical Garden: Role in education, public awareness and conservation
6 Day Two Monday 11 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_06 6 4/9/06 13:13:37 Roberto Cereno, Makiling Botanic Kozi Hayasi, Natural History Museum 5 Refl ection on Practice Gardens, Laguna, Philippines. Raising and Institute, Chiba, Japan. Community The role of professional Public awareness about forest plants education activities in the Ecology Park development and ecosystems at the Makiling Botanic Godwin Ade Tanda, Limbe Botanic Room 15 Gardens Garden, Cameroon. Multidisciplinary Dr Alex Asase, University of Ghana, approaches to environmental education Moderator: Louise Bustard, Ghana Herbarium. Engaging People in Glasgow Botanic Garden, UK the Wechiau Community Sanctuary, 3 Achieving Sustainability: Associate Prof. Michael Bentley, Ghana Ideas and Solutions University of Tennessee and Associate Prof. Susan Hamilton, University of Education for the conservation of Morning tea and coff ee Tennessee Gardens, USA. The inquiry, biodiversity integration and diff erentiation project, 11.00-11.30 Room 7 professional development for middle- North School Moderator: Dr Constantino Bonomi, level Appalachian teachers at the University of Tennessee Gardens Paper Session (B) Viotte Alpine Garden, Italy Abel Barasa Atiti, National Museums 11.30-12.30 Susie Kelpie and Cath Evans, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK. Focus on of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. Exploring plant biodiversity organisational learning and change for 1 Theme: Public Awareness sustainability in a Kenyan context of Plants Magali Stitelmann, Conservatory and Dr Dawn Sanders, Kings College, (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) Botanic Gardens of the City of Geneva, Switzerland. Plants and sustainability London, UK. Refl ection on practice, Education ideas for botanic – welcome classes at the botanic gardens professional renewal or additional gardens pressure? Dr Elena Pushai, Tver State University South School Botanical Garden, Russia. On the way to Lunch Moderator: Paola Sierra Manrique, sustainable development: what can we Colombian Botanic Garden Network, do? 12.30-13.15pm Colombia North School Edelmira Linares, UNAM, Mexico. 4 Refl ection on Practice Promoting wild mushrooms as food to From ideas to action Visit to University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt conserve temperate forests in Mexico Room 14 Arboretum Silvina Elena Mercado, Agronomy Moderator: Felicity Gaff ney, 13.15-17.45 Botanic Garden, National University of National Botanic Gardens, Ireland San Luis, Argentina. Constructing an During the afternoon delegates will have educational space in the botanic garden Dr Svetlana Sizykh, Botanic Garden the chance to explore the Garden and through art of Irkutsk State University, Russia. Arboretum, learn more about the education Conserving Russian plant biodiversity programmes off ered and experience Kay Mendieta de Alonso, Acapulco through education promenade theatre, sculpture, storytelling Botanic Garden, Mexico. Acapulco and practical art activities Botanic Garden - an unusual beginning Shaun Olsen and David Anderson, Utah Botanical Center and Utah State University, USA. The value of an Free time 2 Theme: Education for All: education masterplan for the Utah 17.45 onwards Working with Challenging Botanical Center Delegates have an opportunity to explore Audiences Dr Reni Lestari, Bogor Botanic Gardens, the beautiful city of Oxford and its eateries for Ecological experiences within Indonesia. Environmental education at themselves botanic gardens the Bogor Botanical Garden with case Room 6 studies from Indonesia Moderator: Dr Junko Oikawa, BGCI Japan Andre Graziano, University of Sao~Paolo, Brazil. Santa Elisa Botanic Garden - Agriculture environmental education
Day Two Monday 11 September 7
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_07 7 4/9/06 13:13:40 Day Three Tuesday 12 September
• Plenary Workshop session (A) 6 Theme: Public Awareness 09.45-11.00 of Plants • Workshop sessions Room 14 1 Theme: Education for All: Antoinette Eyssell and Avhatakali • Paper sessions Working with Challenging Mamatsharaga, South African Audiences National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), • Poster exhibitions (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) South Africa. South School School indigenous greening • Network meetings programme Brian Johnson, BGCI, USA, Dr Maite • Evening reception at Oxford Lascurain, BGCI, Mexico, Dr Marcela Sanchez, BGCI, Argentina. 7 Theme: Achieving University Museum of Sustainability: Ideas and Natural History and Pitt Setting up a national botanic garden day Solutions Rivers Museum Room 15 2 Theme: Achieving Bill Graham, Farming and Countryside Education (FACE), UK. Day Registration Sustainability: Ideas and Solutions Personalising the food chain 08.30 Examination Schools Room 6 Mike Kerkman and Mikki Heydorff , Morning tea and coff ee Video presentations Huntington Library, Art Collections, 11.00-11.30 and Botanical Gardens, USA. North School 08.45-09.00 South School Train to sustain: lasting, quality programming through Paper Session (C) Opening Plenary innovative methods in 11.30-12.30 volunteer training 09.00 1 Theme: Achieving South School 3 Theme: Education for all: sustainability: Ideas and Introduction – Christine Newton, Working with Challenging Solutions Chair of Botanic Gardens Education Audiences (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) Network (BGEN) and head of education, RBG Kew Wakehurst Place, UK Room 7 Best practice for ESD at a Kim Pierpoint, Thrive, UK and Pat national level Key note speaker: Gillian Martin Ealey, The Holly Lodge Centre, UK. South School Mehers Working with groups with Moderator: Sandy Tanck, Minnesota Gillian is the Director of Capacity special educational needs Development at LEAD International. She Landscape Arboretum, USA previously worked at the International 4 Theme: Refl ection on Dr Alla Andreeva, Moscow University Academy of the Environment (IAE), Botanic Garden, Russia. Building Geneva, Switzerland, as Program Manager, Practice awareness of education for sustainable implementing capacity building and Room 9 development in Russia’s botanic training activities in environmental Laurel McIvor, Canadian Botanical gardens management for decision-makers and Garden Education Network, Canada. Laurel McIvor, Canadian Botanic multi-stakeholder groups in over 22 Garden Education Network, Canada. developing and industrialized countries. Planting the seeds of Conserving plant diversity: the 2010 She has worked as a facilitator and trainer, biodiversity challenge for Canadian botanic particularly in the areas of environmental gardens communication planning, teambuilding, 5 Theme: Public Awareness environmental confl ict management and of Plants Paola Sierra Manrique, Colombian networking Botanic Gardens Network, Colombia. Room 10 Routes of discovery: environments Keith Tomlinson, Meadowlark that encourage learning in Colombian Botanical Gardens, USA. botanic gardens Strategies for interpreting the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
8 Day Three Tuesday 12 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_08 8 4/9/06 13:13:44 2 Theme: Working with 4 Theme: Refl ection on Practice 6 Theme: Public Awareness Challenging Audiences Community refl ection of Plants Thinking creatively for plant Room 9 Engaging people in diversity education conservation education Moderator: Cath Evans, Room 6 RBG Edinburgh, UK Room 14 Moderator: Trevor Roach, National Dr Joe Sempick, Thrive, Reading, UK. Moderator: Roberto Cereno, Botanic Garden of Wales, UK Lessons Learned – evidence from Makiling Botanic Garden, Phillipines Sofi a Espírito Santo, Grupo de Teatro practice Paul Blanchfl ower, Auroville Infantil Animarte and Prof. Dalila Dr Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, Chicago Botanical Gardens, India. Developing Espírito Santo, Ajuda Botanic Garden, Botanic Garden, USA. Connecting relationships with highly degraded Portugal. Alice in Wonderland: a with the community: three models of ecosystems project for education community-museum interaction Malta Qwathekana, South African Sarah Lloyd, University of Oxford Susan Conlon Morgan, Home and National Biodiversity Institute, South Botanic Garden, UK. Using drama with garden television and University of Africa. Engaging people in biodiversity teenagers Tennessee, USA. Project Green Reach at conservation, education and Dr Karen van Oostrum, University Brooklyn Botanic Garden – a case study sustainability for a better future of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK. of the summer programme Esther Ball, Earthwatch Institute Securing funding for arts activities via (Europe), UK. Capacity building for ‘Percent for art’ schemes 5 Theme: Public Awareness conservation of Plants 3 Theme: Public Awareness Community connections Lunch and Poster Exhibition of Plants Room 10 12.30-13.30pm Connecting people to plants North School Moderator: Alex Amirtham, GREENS through interpretation Biodiversity Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India Room 7 Posters Exhibition Charlene Forrest, Milner Gardens & Moderator: Janice Yau, Singapore Shoots Roots Woodland, Canada. with Theme: Achieving Botanic Garden, Singapore – helping community Shoots make and Sustainability: Ideas Donna Osland, Botanic Gardens Trust, meet Roots and Solutions Sydney, Australia. More than a plant Karina White and Kitty Connolly, label: creatively engaging the public Huntington Library, Art Collections and Michael Holland, Chelsea Physic Garden, UK. ‘Shelf Life’: a practical Dr Lisa Wagner, South Carolina Botanical Gardens, USA. Real plants, introduction Botanical Garden, USA. Connecting real tools, real science: building a people to plants: botanical messages conservation ethic through botanical Lorena Martínez González, that make a diff erence exhibits Fundación Xochitla, Mexico. Conservation of biodiversity and Steve Meredith, Botanic Gardens Diane Turcotte, Montreal Botanic environmental education of Adelaide, Australia. Connecting Garden, Canada. A garden for visually people, plants and culture impaired visitors – a unique experience Michaela Antonieta Hinojosa Yanouch, Quito Botanic Garden, Ecuador. We cannot value what we do not know Ciro Navarro, Lancetilla Botanic Gardens, Honduras. Conserving Honduran plant diversity through environmental education Gladys Isabel Manzanero Medina, Regional Botanic Garden ‘Cassiano Conzatti’, Oaxaca, Mexico. Conservation of cacti through environmental education
Day Three Tuesday 12 September 9
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_09 9 4/9/06 13:13:46 Day Three Tuesday 12 September
Olga Shalaeva, Institute of Biology, Alexandre Rappoport, Department for Dilan Bayındır, Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Komi Scientifi c Centre, Russia. On liberal sustainable use of nature and environmental Garden, Turkey. The garden of blind children: education for sustainable development protection, Moscow, Russia. Environmental The Shining Garden Dragos George Zaharescu, University signifi cance of botanic gardens in S. Aneel Gilani, Quaid I-Azam University, of Vigo, Spain. Alpine collections at high megacities and their role in education for Pakistan. A model botanical garden and altitudes: implementing a new educational sustainable development ethnobotany clubs in schools at Ayubia strategy in the central Pyrenees National Park, Pakistan Merilyn Haigh, Gladstone Tondoon Theme: Education for All Innocent Kabinda, Munda Wanga Trust Bontanic Gardens, Australia. Who will teach – Working with Challenging Botanic Gardens, Zambia. The life skills the children? The essence of nature will Audiences programme Dr Elena Pushai, Tver State University Orlik Gómez García, Institute of Ecology, Botanical Garden, Russia. Back to the roots: Xalapa, Mexico. Everyone to the botanic Theme: Refl ection on Practice garden: bringing nature closer to the sustainable land-use and ethnobotanical Susanne Husband, Eden Project, UK. Fusion: children and families of Xalapa, Mexico traditions science and art. Schools’ mosaics at the Eden Peter Tshisikhawe, Thohoyandou Botanical Innocent Kabinda, Munda Wanga Trust Project Garden, South Africa. Thohoyandou Botanic Gardens, Zambia. “People and Esther García Guillén, María Bellet plants”: a new twist to fl ora education at Botanical Garden in Limpopo Province Serrano and Mauricio Velayos Rodriguez, Munda Wanga Trust South Africa: Revamping for the future Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain. The Robinson Quintana Brito, University of Esther Valenzuela Celis, La Paz plants in the Quixote: a self guided tour at Pereira Botanic Garden, Colombia. Using Botanic Garden, Bolivia. Programme of the Royal Botanic Garden environmental education: opportunities and International Environmental Management Prof. Francesco Sartori, Pavia Botanic challenges standards (ISOs) to promote and improve all Garden, Italy. Research and environmental aspects of the botanic garden Dr Rita Nekrosiene, Klaipeda University education in Pavia Botanic Garden Botanic Garden, Lithuania. Environmental Ruth Godfrey, University of Leicester Dr Karen van Oostrum, Cambridge activities of schoolchildren Botanic Garden, UK. Food for thought University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, L.A Skupchenko and K.S Zainullina, Komi Brian Johnson, BGCI, USA. Planet Plant: UK. Cambridge University Botanic Garden Science Centre, Russia. The role of the Komi online plant conservation education for kids education programme Botanical Garden in ecological education for Maria Teresa de Jesus Gouveia, Rio de Esther García Guillén, María Bellet sustainable development Janeiro Botanic Garden, Brazil. Promoting Serrano and Mauricio Velayos Rodriguez. Chris Pratt, Antigua and Barbuda Botanical environmental education in botanic Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain. Garden, Antigua. The botanical gardens of gardens: Medicinal plant collection in Rio de Traveling workshops at the Royal Botanic Barbuda and Antigua: past, present and Janeiro Botanic Garden Garden future Dr Pat Ealey, The Holly Lodge Centre, UK. Esther García Guillén, María Bellet Dilan Bayındır, Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Recognising radishes, touching tomatoes, Serrano and Mauricio Velayos Rodriguez. Garden, Turkey. Students saving a Turkish smelling sweet peas and learning about Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain. Results endangered plant lettuces of workshops on communication and raising scientifi c awareness at the Royal Botanic John Ellison, Eden Project, UK. Blanca Lasso de la Vega, Conception Garden Gardens for Life Botanical Garden, Spain. A place for learning Ambar L. Kadarsan Dharmaputra, Bogor V.S. Farzaliyev , O.V. Ibadli & S.Q. Guliyeva, José Vargas, Rio Zoobotânica foundation, Botanic Garden, Indonesia. A struggle of Central Botanical Garden, Azerbaijan. The Brazil. The botanic garden goes to school Indonesian children to care for mother earth role of Central Botanical Garden in the – the Brazilian experience enrichment and protection of the plant Alexandra Escudeiro, Raquel Barata, Dr P S N Rao, Botanical Survey of India. resources of Azerbaijan Lorena Alegre Martinez, Emilie Aujolat, Developing good educational practice based on the study of two phytogeographical Innocent Kabinda, Munda Wanga Trust Ignacio Garcia and Maria Amélia Martins- zones in India Botanic Garden, Zambia. Environmental Loução. Botanic Garden of the National awareness and conservation at Munda Museum of Natural History, Portugal. Robinson Quintana Brito, Pereira University Wanga Botanic gardens - melting pots for plants, Botanic Garden, Colombia. Education people and cultures programmes of the Pereira University Botanic Lo Modou et al, Cheikh University, Dakar, Garden Senegal. Medicinal plant strategies survey Dr Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, Chicago in Senegal with sustainable participative Botanic Garden, USA. Are museums Keshab Shrestha, Centre for Nepal approaches portable? Refl ections on a community Environment and Educational Department, based summer science camp Natural History Museum, Nepal. Swayambhu Malta Qwathekana, SANBI, South Africa. Environmental Park and its educational task The nature of our success, our successes Michael Holland, Chelsea Physic Garden, for nature: biodiversity, education and London, UK ‘Back to the Garden’ project Dr Yin Linke, Xinjiang Ecology Research sustainability Michael Holland, Chelsea Physic Garden, Institution, China. Conservation and use of London, UK Plants that poison, plants that Tamarisk cure 10 Day Three Tuesday 12 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_010 10 4/9/06 13:13:51 Dr Rup Kumar Roy, Botanic Garden, Christophe D. T. E. Assogba Cotonou, 4 Theme: Refl ection on National Botanical Research Institute, India. Benin. Introduction to the botanical and Practice Role of botanic gardens in education and zoological garden of the UAC Room 9 public awareness: NBRI Botanic Garden – a Dina Dostal, Frank Schumacher and Dr. Suzanne Kapelari, Dr. Constatino case study’ Michael Kiehn, University of Vienna Bonomi, Gail Bromley, Dr. Krasimir Timothy Walker, University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Austria. History of the Kossev, Dr. Sue Johnson, Vera Botanic Garden, UK. Plant science in the University of Vienna Botanical Garden Grancharova. biological sciences course at Oxford Dina Dostal, Frank Schumacher and University Michael Kiehn, University of Vienna Teaching across the borders M. Abdul Kareem, Foundation for Botanic Garden, Austria. Education – a collaborative project Revitilization of Local Health Traditions, at the University of Vienna Botanical developing a ‘good practice’ India. Botanic gardens: An education tool to Garden manual and resources link traditional medical knowledge Charlene Forrest, Milner Botanic 5 Theme: Public Awareness Garden, Canada. Helping community Theme: Public Awareness ‘Shoots’ make and meet ‘Roots’ of Plants Room 10 of Plants Rizwana Khanum, Pakistan Museum of Kapila Yakandawala, Wayamba University Natural History Museum, Pakistan. Positive Ian Edwards, Royal Botanic Garden, of Sri Lanka. Ethnobotany of Helicteres isora aspect of weed for agro-biodiversity Edinburgh, Scotland and Sandy Tanck, in Sri Lanka conservational priorities and creating Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, USA. Dr Irina Trofi mova, Main Botanical Garden awareness for their proper use Sense of wonder: creating of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. The Ana Cristina P. Tavares, University of engaging exhibitions new greenhouse – the new approach Coimbra, Portugal. Champion species in Dr Irina Trofi mova, Main Botanical Garden Coimbra Botanical Garden 6 Theme: Public Awareness of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. of Plants Children’s awareness of plants: preliminary Workshop session (B) Room 14 investigation of the problem ‘at the sharp 13.30-14.45 Associate Prof. Khalid Sawalha, end of art’ Al Quds University, Palestine. Keith Alejandra Peña, Carabobo University 1 Theme: Achieving Tomlinson, Meadowlark Botanical Botanic Garden, Venezuela. Developing a Sustainability: Ideas Gardens, USA. Dr David Michener, botanic garden to strengthen the university and Solutions University of Michigan Matthaei Eugenia Alvarez, Cordoba Botanic (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) Botanical Gardens & Nicols Arboretum. Garden, Argentina. Public communication South School The place of religion and programme about the use and conservation spirituality in botanic gardens of native plant species Laura Hobley, BGCI. in relation to plant conservation Eugenia Alvarez, Cordoba Botanic Garden, Sustainable funding for Argentina. A journey through Cordoba’s education programmes 7 Theme: Public Awareness native fl ora: an educational tour for native of Plants plant conservation 2 Theme: Achieving Examination Schools Sustainability: Ideas Blanca Lasso de la Vega, Conception Fiona Danks and Jo Schofi eld, Francis Botanical Garden, Spain. The life garden and Solutions Lincoln Publishers, UK. Alenka Marinček and Jože Bavcon, Room 6 Nature’s playground University Botanic Gardens, Ljubljana, Art Sussman, Wested, USA. Meet in entrance hall Slovenia. Carnivorous plants project Dr Art’s Planet Earth Show Cristina Lopez Beltrán, Botanical and Zoological Society of Sinaloa, Mexico. Love 8 Theme: Achieving for nature 3 Theme: Education for All: Sustainability: Ideas and Working with Challenging Solutions Adriana Burgos, Carlos Thays Botanic Audiences Garden, Argentina. Discovering the garden Room 15 Room 7 Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Dash, Botanic Dr Alla Andreeva, Moscow University Garden of Indian Republic. Approach for Caroline Lewis, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Russia and Dr Elena an integrated education programme in the Botanic Garden, USA. Pushai, Botanic Garden of Tver State Botanic Garden of Indian Republic The Fairchild Challenge: Linking University, Russia. Christina Harrison, Royal Botanic Gardens, public gardens, schools and Education for sustainable Kew, UK. How Kew grew communities development: successful activities
Day Three Tuesday 12 September 11
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_011 11 4/9/06 13:13:53 Paper Session (D) 3 Theme: Achieving Dr Sue Dale Tunnicliff e, Institute 14.45-15.45 Sustainability: Ideas and of Education, University of London, Solutions UK. Education starts here – children’s 1 Theme: Public Awareness spontaneous comments about plants; Using ecoclubs to get the refl ecting public understanding of Plants message across (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) Prof. Roy Ballantyne, Dr Jan Packer Room 7 and Karen Hughes, University of Reconnecting with nature Moderator: Abel Atiti, National Queensland, Australia. Exploring the for sustainability Museums of Kenya, Kenya motives, expectations and conservation South School Ana Raquel Barata, Alexandra learning experiences of visitors to Brisbane Botanic Gardens Moderator: Michaela Antonieta Escudeiro, Maria Amélia Martins- Hinojosa Yanouch, Quito Botanic Loução, Botanic Garden of the National Garden, Ecuador Museum of Natural History, Portugal. 6. Theme: Public Awareness Playing with plants, learning for life Cristina Maria Nogueira Baptista, of Plants Botanic Garden of the National Katia Astafi eff and Pierre- Nature of sucess in education Museum of Natural History, Portugal. François Valck. Le Montet Botanical Room 14 Living botany at school Gardens, Nancy, France. Sustainable Development in the school holidays – Moderator: Dr S. Seeni, TBGRI, Adriana Burgos, Carlos Thays Botanic a course at Le Montet Botanical Gardens Thiruvananthapuram, India Garden, Argentina. Education for Dr Christina Colon, New York development: eat your greens! Alexander Amirtham, GREENS Biodiversity Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Botanic Garden, USA. Success stories Teodolinda Balcazar Sol, UNAM Ecoclubs as tools for environmentally in plant based classroom curriculum Botanic Garden, Mexico. An alternative eff ective community development development space for education and raising Felicity Gaff ney, National Botanic awareness about Mexican biodiversity: Gardens, Glasnevin, Ireland. Developing the Tigridia shop 4 Theme: Refl ection on Practice education at the National Botanic Evaluation and refl ection Gardens, Glasnevin 2 Theme: Education for All: – learning from education programmes Mark Paterson, Eden Project, UK. Working with Challenging Overview of the Eden Project Audiences Room 9 Lifelong learning in botanic Moderator: Dr Kathy Stewart, Afternoon tea and coff ee gardens University of Sydney, Australia 15.45-16.15 Room 6 Dr Alan Peacock, University of Exeter, North School UK. What do families get out of a visit Moderator: Helene Vilbert, Miquel J. to a botanic garden? Evaluation of Culaciati Botanic Garden interpretation Network meetings Professor Md. Mustafi zur Rahman, 16.15-17.30 Emily Smith, Lauritzen Gardens and Bangladesh Agricultural University, University of Tennessee, USA. Brooklyn Get together with your colleagues from Bangladesh. Education in botanic Botanic Gardens children’s gardening your country or region and discuss how gardens in Bangladesh: prospects and programme: A survey of alumni your future work can contribute to the problems UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Veronica Franco, CICY Botanic Garden, B. Rathinasabapathy, Coimbatore Development Mexico. Perception and environmental Zoological Park and Conservation knowledge in primary school children in Centre, India. Conservation education Buff et Reception Merida, Yucatan programmes about plants at 18.30-20.30 Coimbatore Zoological Park and Oxford University Museum of Natural Conservation Centre 5 Theme: Refl ection on Practice History and Pitt Rivers Museum. Buff et supper and performance by Kismet Emma Williams, University of Researching and learning from Oxford Botanic Garden, Botanical visitor experiences recollections: creativity with the over Room 10 50s Moderator: Sarah Kneebone, BGCI, UK Prof. James Wandersee, and Dr. Renee M. Clary Louisiana State University, USA. Advances in research towards a theory of plant blindness
12 Day Three Tuesday 12 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_012 12 4/9/06 13:13:57 Day Four Wednesday 13 September
• Plenary in Examination 10.15 Coaches depart from Dr Jacky Chave, Royal Horticultural Schools Examination Schools Society, Wisely, UK. Engaging a diversity of schools through the Royal Morning tea and coff ee • Day at Royal Botanic Horticultural Society Gardens, Kew 11.30 The Munch Box, Royal Botanic Steve Clancy, Royal Botanic Gardens Gardens, Kew Melbourne. Connecting People with Plants • Paper sessions Welcome 11.45 • Workshop sessions 3 Theme: Achieving From Sir Peter Crane, Director of Royal Sustainability: Ideas Botanic Gardens, Kew • Tours and Solutions Paper session (E) A sense of place • International Barbecue 12.00 -13.00 Moderator: Alex Asase, at Saïd Business School, University of Ghana, Ghana. Oxford 1 Theme: Public Awareness of Martin Clement, Durban Botanic Plants Gardens, South Africa. Botanic gardens Please note there is no simultaneous Working with schools to and cultural landscape: the potential translation during the visit to Kew support biodiversity and of place identity in informing a more sustainability relevant educational practice Day Registration Moderator: Mikki Heydorsf, Jill Raggett, Writtle College, UK. 08.30 Huntington Library, Art Collections Education for reconnection and Botanical Gardens, USA Examination Schools Dr Li Shin Chang, Chao Yang Sue Hunt, RBG, Kew, Wakehurst, UK University of Technology, Taiwan Video presentations and Dr Fiona Hay, Millennium Seed Enhancement of education function 08.45-09.00 Bank, UK. Using cutting edge research in botanic gardens through landscape South School from botanic gardens to raise schools’ narrative awareness of the threats to plant diversity Opening Plenary 4 Theme: Refl ection Tony Potterton, Eden Project, UK. 09.00 on Practice Gardens for Life South School Further education Dr Kathy Stewart, University of opportunities Introduction – Louise Allen, curator, Sydney, Australia. Using technology University of Oxford Botanic Garden Moderator: Marcin Zych, to support sustained student inquiry Warsaw Botanic Garden, Poland in learning environments beyond the Key note speech: Kim Wilkie classroom Leigh Morris, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kim is a landscape architect who searches Edinburgh, UK. Back to the future to understand the special character of each 2 Theme: Education for All: Timothy Walker, University of Oxford place and let designs be inspired by both Working with Challenging Botanic Garden, UK. Undergraduate memory and imagination. Kim set up his education at the University of Oxford practice, Kim Wilkie Associates, in London Audiences Botanic Garden in 1989. He continues to teach sporadically Reaching out to a wider at Berkeley; writes optimistically about audience Dr Andrew Vovides, Clavijero Botanic land and place; and participates in various Garden, Mexico. Horticultural training Moderator: Didier Rouget, national committees on landscape policy for farmers: part of an alternative Geneva Botanic Garden, Switzerland in the U.K. Recent projects include the new conservation strategy aimed at garden at the centre of the Victoria and Sharon Myrie and Elyssa Arnone, sustainable management Albert Museum in London, the Richmond Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York, Floodscape Project and the Harcourt USA. Partnerships for reaching inner Arboretum Development Plan city youth – garden apprentice programme and the Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment
Day Four Wednesday 13 September 13
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_013 13 4/9/06 13:14:00 5 Theme: Achieving 5 Plants in Kew used in traditional 5 The art of experimentation (SAPs / Sustainability: Ideas and herbal medicine Kew activities) Solutions This tour will introduce visitors to A hands on, practical workshop plants that are either used medicinally covering immobilised algae, thin layer Communicating the themselves or as the source of chromatography and the ‘2 minute importance of plant diversity chemical templates for synthesised DNA extraction challenge.’ Secondary / – the bigger picture medicines high school focus Moderator: Ling Xu, Xishuangbanna 6 Kew’s global conservation work 6 Art in the service of science – using Tropical Botanic Garden, China Meet the plants that tell the story of paintings and photographs Reporting on the outcomes of the survival against the odds Using artworks as ‘a snapshot in time’ Target 14 meetings world wide – we will see how art and photography 7 A tapestry of trees can be useful tools in explaining Brian Johnson, Botanic Gardens This tour introduces you to Kew’s rich change and conservation issues and Conservation International, USA variety of trees, their natural habitats, will also explore plant maths, symmetry, the life they support, their economic Christine Newton, RBG Kew form and function and how this is uses, little and (very) large, old and Wakehurst Place, UK replicated in art. All ages new Dr Anle Tieu, Botanic Gardens 7 Weaving and dyeing with plants Conservation International, China 8 Princess of Wales Conservatory – Sarah Chesters, RHS Rosemoor, UK Modern technology has enabled Dr Reni Lestari, Bogor Botanic Learn how to colour skeins of wool with ten diff erent tropical and subtropical Garden, Indonesia unusual and everyday plant dyes, with habitats to be created under a single suggestions for experiments you can try roof, from the Mohave desert of Lunch yourselves. Investigate how the fi bres California to the lowland tropics of 13.15 -14.15 are spun and woven into fabrics Malaysia The Munch Box Afternoon tea Workshops 16.00-16.30 Tours and Workshops Workshops will accommodate a maximum The Munch Box 14.15-16.00 of 20 people. The following workshops are Delegates will have the opportunity to off ered: Explore Kew attend a tour or a workshop. Delegates will be required to sign up for their choice 1 Exploring wildlife – ponds, puddles 16.30-18.00 of tour or workshop during the congress. and pooters Delegates are free to walk around Kew. For more details please see the abstracts In some of the wilder parts of Kew we The Kew Explorer (electric bus) will be booklet will discover some of the plants and available to showcase some of the key animals that live there. Primary focus areas of the gardens Tours Depart from The Munch Box. Tours will be 2 Sustainability in the classroom Depart led by Kew Guides and will accommodate We will consider the important role 18.00 a maximum of 15 people. The following that Botanic gardens have to play in Coaches leave from the Main Gate tours are off ered: plant conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and how this International Barbeque 1 General tour exploring Kew and its can be incorporated into programmes. 19.30-22.30 history – in Spanish All ages Barbeque and Jazz at the Saïd Business 2. Royal Kew and the development of 3 Helping teachers and students with School in Oxford the Gardens fi eld studies This tour will take you through This session explores fi eld study skills, Kew’s historic landscape – with considering diff erent methods for its glasshouses, follies and other measuring biodiversity including distinctive buildings which evolved clinometers, quadrats, transects and through 3 centuries keys. Secondary/ high school focus 3. Kew, a World Heritage Site Discover what makes Kew Gardens 4 Biodiversity games such a special place Games and role play are an exciting way to engage children (and adults!) 4 Plants that changed the world alike in the concepts of plant science Several plants have made a major and biodiversity. All ages impact across the world, join this tour to fi nd out more about plants that changed the world
14 Day Four Wednesday 13 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_014 14 4/9/06 13:14:02 Day Five Thursday 14 September
Paper session (F) Christine Joy, Melbourne Botanic • Plenary 09.45-10.45 Garden, Australia. The Delight Factor’ - exploring the role of landscape in • Paper session 1 Theme: Refl ection on transformational learning Practice Donavan Fullard, South African • Worskhop session (simultaneous translation into/from Spanish) National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa. Biodiversity • Conclusions and closing Networking for education education at a natural world heritage ceremony South School site – Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden Moderator: Orlik Gómez García, • Farewell lunch at Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Mexico 4 Theme: Public Awareness Christ Church Dr Suzanne Kapelari, Grün Schule of Plants Botanic Garden, University of Bringing plants to life Day Registration Innsbruck, Austria. Networking in Room 9 08.30 Central and Eastern Europe Moderator: Michael Holland, Examination Schools Professor Claudio Longo, Brera Chelsea Physic Garden, UK Botanic Garden, Italy. Functionality Dr Junko Oikawa, BGCI, Germany. Video Presentations of the Lombardy’s Botanical Gardens Japan’s botanic gardens – waking up Network – three years after its 08.45-09.00 to education South School establishment Merilyn Haigh, Gladstone Tondoon Fátima Macho, Andalucia Botanic Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Australia. Gardens Network, Spain. The Opening Plenary Bringing the bush to the city Andalucia botanic gardens network 09.00 and natural spaces Simon Mériaux, National Natural South School History Museum, Paris, France. Introduction: Dr Alla Andreeva, 2 Theme: Education for All: Towards sustainable production and Head of education, Moscow State consumption University Botanic Garden Working with Challenging Audiences 5 Theme: Public Awareness Key note speaker: Engaging the public of Plants Prof. Dmitry N. Kavtaradze Room 6 Professor Kavtaradze is Head of the Local concerns – native species Department of Natural Resource Moderator: Liz Marrs, Chester Zoo, UK and education Management and Head of the Laboratory Jože Bavcon and, Alenka Marinček Room 10 of Ecology and Nature Conservation at University Botanic Gardens, Ljubljana, Moderator: Martin Clement, Moscow State University. Since 1984 he Slovenia. How to remain in the public Durban Botanic Garden, South Africa has been a member of the International eye Society of Gaming and Simulations Kristina Bjureke, Natural History Ling Xu, Xishuangbanna Tropical and has written more than 200 articles Museum, Oslo, Norway. From standard Botanical Garden, China. Refl ection on in scientifi c journals and around 15 educational programmes to diff erent public education provision simulation games and manuals. In 2000 he interdisciplinary methods: endangered was awarded the prestigious Putin Award Juan de Dios Muñoz, Oro Verde vegetation in the Oslo region for education and in 2003 he produced Botanic Garden, Argentina. Is Dr Sooriamuthu Seeni, Tropical a toolkit entitled “Green Backpack” which education enough to protect natural Botanic Garden and Research Institute, focuses on decision making training in resources Thiruvananthapuram, India. Raising environmental education. Awareness of local plants and their 3 Theme: Achieving sustainable use by linking the Darwin Sustainability: Ideas and project with the public education Solutions system in southern Tamil Nadu – lessons learnt Linking hearts and minds Constantino Bonomi, Viotte Alpine Room 7 Garden, Trento, Italy. Raising awareness Moderator: Dr Li Shin Chang, of alpine plants Chao Yang University of Technology, Taiwan David Fox, Gurukula, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, India. Alienation from the Wild
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Congress Leaflet English 31_08_015 15 4/9/06 13:14:06 Morning tea and coff ee 6 Theme: Public Awareness Conclusions and closing 10.45 – 11.15 of Plants ceremony North School Room 14 12.30 – 13.00 Katia Astafi eff and Pierre-François South School Workshop session (C) Valck, Le Montet Botanical Gardens, 11.15 -12.30 Nancy, France. Making exhibitions Lunch come alive! 13.00-14.00 1 Theme: Education for All: Farewell lunch at Christ Church Working with Challenging 7 Theme: Refl ection on Delegates depart for post congress tour Audiences Practice Departure South School Room 15 14.00 onwards Elyssa Arnone, Brooklyn Botanic Jacqui Kennedy, Kings Park and Delegates depart Garden USA. Strengthening your Botanic Garden, Perth, Australia. garden programmes for teenagers: Streakers, strollers and studiers – A a hands-on workshop sign of the times down under
2 Theme: Achieving Sustainability: Ideas and Solutions Room 6 Prof. Dmitry N. Kavtaradze, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Simulations and games in education for sustainable development
3 Theme: Refl ection on Practice Room 7 Sam Kendall and Pam Horton, Eden Project UK. Creative strategies for evaluating teaching and learning on out of school visits.
4 Theme: Refl ection on Practice Room 9 Lisa Orgler, Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University, USA. Dimensional design: a holistic approach to garden planning
5 Theme: Achieving Sustainability: Ideas and Solutions Room 10 Brian Johnson, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, USA. Contributions to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
16 Day Five Thursday 14 September
Congress Leaflet English 31_08_016 16 4/9/06 13:14:09 Congress General Orientation Information
Welcome Reception and Security Plants and People display Congress Dinner Badges must be worn by conference Please bring your artefact and delegates at all times – this will stop you accompanying information to the Plants Sunday 10 September being challenged when entering areas and People display area at the Examination 18.30 of the College and Examination Schools Schools. A member of Oxford University Join us for a drinks reception in the normally restricted to visitors. Delegates Botanic Garden staff will be there to receive Master’s Garden, Christ Church where should not hold doors open to guests that your kind donation. Make sure you visit you will meet congress delegates and they do not know. Badges must also be the display to have a look at the unique enjoy a performance by ‘Crossover’ an worn to allow entry to congress events collection delegates have created intergenerational dance group. We will then proceed to the Great Hall for the congress Oxford is considered a safe place and Internet Service dinner where we will be welcomed by delegates should have no problem This is available to delegates in the Junior Timothy Walker, Director of the University of exploring this beautiful city themselves. Common Room at Christ Church. There are Oxford Botanic Garden However, as in any city, delegates should 8 computers and 4 further points for people take care of their belongings in public to plug laptops into for a broadband Dining with Dinosaurs places and be aware of pickpockets. In connection Tuesday 12 September emergency dial 999 from any phone for 18.30-20.30 police, fi re or ambulance. No coin is needed Gate Hours at Christ Church The main gate Tom Gate is open to 8.30pm The setting for Tuesday evening’s buff et Visiting the Botanic Gardens each evening. Delegates returning after this is the Oxford University Natural History If you wish to visit the University of Oxford time should use their late gate key which Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum. This Botanic Gardens during your stay in the city, is issued to them in their key envelope amazing museum, founded in 1884, please show your congress badge for free on arrival. All other gates close at 6.00pm, displays archaeological and ethnographic entry however, on Monday 11 September objects from all parts of the world. A music Canterbury Gate will be open until 6.30pm group, ‘Kismet’, will engage us in lively Banking and currency exchange entertainment Banking hours are Mondays to Fridays Safe Deposit Boxes International Barbecue 09.00-17.00 and Saturdays 09.30-12.00. These are available at the Porters Lodge There are plenty of ATM (cash) machines – we recommend that delegates use these Wednesday 13 September available in the city for passports and tickets as well as any 19.30-22.30 other important personal possessions Celebrate the last night of the congress at Breakfast the Saïd Business School in Oxford. Enjoy For delegates staying in Christ Church, Porter’s Lodge: a barbecue with fellow delegates, listen to breakfast is served each morning between The Porter’s Lodge is staff ed 24 hours a the music of Victoria Newton and her jazz 08.00 and 08.30 day and is your fi rst point of call for any group and relax in the internal courtyard emergency (including medical). In addition Communications and landscaped gardens of this celebrated to this the Porter’s Lodge stores spare Telephones are available in Christ Church building towels, soaps etc and can be used with a phone card, Farewell Lunch available from the porter’s lodge at Departure Thursday 14 September reasonable rates. Public telephones are We ask that rooms at Christ Church are situated throughout Oxford, however vacated by 9.00am on the day of departure, 13.00-14.00 they work out more expensive to use. to enable the college time to prepare the On the last day of the congress we return An internet café will also be available for room for their next guest. Luggage storage to the Great Hall at Christ Church for our delegates to use at the college will be available on the fi nal day of the farewell lunch. This is your chance to try a Congress traditional ploughman’s lunch with local cheeses and English beer
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Congress Leaflet English 31_08_017 17 4/9/06 13:14:12 Acknowledgements
The congress organisers would like to thank Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The congress organisers would also like to the following individuals and organisations Gail Bromley - International Consultant for thank all the moderators for their help in for their generous support and hard work in Biodiversity Education making the congress run smoothly and on developing and running this congress: Christine Newton – Head of Education, time Wakehurst Place and team Botanic Gardens Conservation Barbara Boyle - Volunteer Guides BGCI and the University of Oxford Botanic International Coordinator Garden are grateful to Breckland Print for Barbara Bridge – PA to the Secretary Belinda Parry sponsoring the printing of this Programme General Catherine Welsby Sarah Dixon – Website editor Jude Magee - Mobility Bus Coordinator Douglas Gibbs – Programme offi cer Laura Furlong and team Mark Giles – Offi ce assistant Many thanks also to all participating Kew Laura Hobley – Development manager guides and volunteers. Vivien Isaac – Accounts offi cer Useful Addresses Bruce Jamieson – Head of fi nance and BGEN (Botanic Gardens Education administration Network) Botanic Gardens Conservation Brian Johnson – Education offi cer, BGCI US Committee members International (BGCI) Sarah Kneebone – Education offi cer Descanso House Expert translations by Maite Lascurain – Mexico programme 199 Kew Road Dr Lourdes Rico-Arce coordinator Richmond Veronica Franco Sara Oldfi eld – Secretary General Surrey Marcela Sanchez – Argentina programme Support for scholarships TW9 3BW consultant BGEN UK Suzanne Sharrock – Head of public Blackwell Publishers, Oxford Tel: +44 (0) 208332 5954 awareness and understanding British Embassy – Ecuador Fax: +44 (0) 208332 5956 Bian Tan – South East Asian programme Dentalign The University of Oxford Botanic coordinator Earthwatch Garden Anle Tieu - China programme coordinator Eden Project Rose Lane, Julia Willison – Head of education Friends of University of Oxford Botanic Oxford Diane Wyse Jackson - Head of computer Garden OX1 4AZ systems HSBC Investing in Nature Telephone 01 865 286 690 Ilse Kreutzberger University of Oxford Botanic Garden Facsimile 01 865 286 693 Joanna Matthews Louise Allen - Curator Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Christ Church Kate Castleden - Arboretum Education St Aldates Offi cer Donations for scholarship raffl e Oxford Sarah Lloyd - Secondary School Education The Birmingham Botanical Gardens and OX1 1DP Offi cer Glasshouses 01865 276 150 Katie Neill – Operations Administrator Canon Piers Newth - Assistant Curator of The Cheltenham Hamper Co. Ltd. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Arboretum Chester Zoo Richmond Kate Pritchard - Assistant Curator of Eco-Tom Surrey Glasshouses Field Study Council TW9 3AB Celia Sawyer – Plant Records Offi cer Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons Information Centre and 24 hour Jill Walker – Finance Administrator Neal’s Yard Remedies information line: 020 8332 5655 Timothy Walker - Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Fax: 020 8332 5197 Emma Williams - Primary and Families Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden, Las Palmas, Education Offi cer Canary Isles Baroness Joan Walmsley Additional support gratefully received from: Brochure Design: Oliver’s Wholefood Store, Kew Richard Boxall Design Associates Jonathan Crisp 70 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AG Key Travel Telephone: 01865 311330 RSPB [email protected] Rocks Cordials Corporate Identity, Publicity Leafl ets Belu Water Brochures . Web Design
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