A European Garden history Event University of Second circular

The PaCE meeting Garden conference in Bergen,

Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April 2009

In memory of prof. Knut Fægri (1909-2001)

Preliminary Program

Preliminary Program with tentaive schedule Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April 2009, Bergen, Norway

Day 1 Lectures (titles) / Activities Speakers / Guides Friday, 24 Conference venue 0930 Welcome address Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri (Modena) Official opening

0945-1100 First session Gardening and natural vegetation in ancient Rome L. Sadori, M. Giardini, A. Masi, F. Susanna (Roma) Excavation and musealisation of the Roman garden Montserrat Comas et. al (Barcelona) of Quintus Licinius in Baetulo (Badalona, Spain) Prunus persica (L.) Batsch diffusion in ancient Italy L. Sadori, et al. (Roma)

1100-1130 Coffee + posters

1130-1345 Second session Two excavated fishponds in the Bogstad and Milde Svein Indrelid, Madeleine von Essen, estates, South Norway Dagfinn Moe (Bergen) Archaeobotanical records from XVI-XVIIth centuries Migle Stancikaite, Kisieliene, urban context of Klaipeda town, west Lithuania I. Masiuliene (Vilnius) Food from gardens. Plant macrofossil results and Sabine Karg (Copenhagen) written sources from Medieval studies in Europe Asian Medicinal Plants on the Modern Bulgarian Anely Nedelcheva (Sofia) *, Yunus Dogan Market (Izmir) Plants used as coffee substitute in the southeastern Yunus Dogan et al. (Izmir) part of Europe

1335-1445 Lunch, Realfagbygget + Posters

Excursion to historic gardens in Bergen 1445 Coach for Damsgaard Estate at Realfagbygget Dagfinn Moe a.o. (Bergen group) 1500 Visit at Damsgaard (ca. 1 hr) 1600 (ca.) Coach from Damsgaard to Sandviken, Bergen 1630… Guided Walk Sandviken – Bergenhus - ca. 1900 Evening in Bergen, no official program 1

The PaCE Garden History conference, Bergen 2009

In memory of prof. Knut Fægri (1909-2001) . Day 2 Lectures (titles) / Activities Speakers / Guides Saturday, 25 Conference Venue

0830-1015 Third session Molecular methods and their benefit in horticulture Birgit Kanz (Frankfurt) Boxwood cultivars in old gardens in Norway Per Harald Salvesen & Birgit Kanz (Bergen, Frankfurt) Molecular evidence of human presence in the past. Jacek Madeja et al (Krakow) An Inheritance of Irises – Iris ×germanica in Norwegian gardens Knut Langeland (Oslo)

1015-1045 Coffee + posters

1045-1315 Fourth session The impact of a small garden – The Linnaean Garden Lena Hansson (Uppsala) The garden organisation of the Swedish State Fredrik Fogelberg & Charlotte Lagerberg Railways – a forgotten horticulture heritage Fogelberg (Uppsala) The Swedish railway station park in 1910-1960 – Charlotte Lagerberg Fogelberg & Fredrik changes in design and plant material Fogelberg (Uppsala) Plant heritage perennials from gardens north of the Polar Circle. Brynhild Mørkved (Tromsø) How to tackle lack of historic documents when restoring a garden? Madeleine von Essen (Oslo) Concluding remarks Excursion to Milde Per H. Salvesen a.o. (Bergen group) 1315 Coach to Milde from Realfagbygget (info on The Arboretum and Botanical Garden: 1415-1530 Lunch in the Arboretum (field manner) http://www.uib.no/arboretet) 1530 Guided walk: Arboretum with Blondehuset, Rosarium, Greenhouses, etc. 1730 The Old Garden, Milde Estate 1800-1930 Dinner at The Milde Manor 1930 The Old Garden (contd.) Walk in The Botanical Garden incl. Japanese garden, Alpine Garden, and Late Coffee (field manner) 2200 (ca.) Coach returns for Bergen City

Day 3 Lectures (titles) / Activities Speakers / Guides Sunday, 26 Parks and gardens in Bergen City (guided walk) 1000-1500 Nygårdshøyden, The Museum garden, The City Dagfinn Moe, Per H. Salvesen Park, The Fish Market, Fløyen (separate registration)