Lectures: Mondays, 6.00pm
Venue: Jodrell Laboratory Lecture Theatre, Kew
Jodrell Gate Entrance Map
Admission: £2 (£10.00 season ticket)

Tickets sold on the evening, on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note we do not take advance bookings.

Monday 21 September
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership: taking botanic gardens into the 21st century
Dr Paul Smith, Head of Millennium Seed Bank

Monday 28 September
Mangroves of Kenya
Patrick Keough, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 5 October
Totally coned: Adventures of a cycad junkie
Felix Merklinger, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 12 October
‘Far away from the din of commerce’
Simon Gulliver & Wayne Williams, Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Monday 19 October
Today's botanical art
Dr Shirley Sherwood, Collector of Botanical Art

Monday 2 November
Raising the standard: A garden tour of eastern USA
Jon Wood, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 9 November
Using roses in the garden
Michael Marriott, David Austin© Roses

Monday 16 November
Formative forces in plants - a closer look at leaf shapes
Arjen Huese, Biodynamic Expert

Monday 23 November
How does Kew compare? Horticultural standards in botanic gardens of Europe
Joe Robbins, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 30 November
Adventures in orchid conservation (the story of the Writhlington Orchid Project)
Simon Pugh-Jones, Writhlington School Orchid Project

Monday 7 December
"New Caledonia, a botanical garden of Eden!"
Neil Sleddon, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 14 December
Plants, empire and exploration: historic art and artefacts in Kew's economic botany collection
Mark Nesbitt, Curator, Economic Botany Collection, Kew

Monday 4 January
There will no lecture on 4 January. This lecture has now been re-scheduled for 11 January

Monday 11 January
Down House, the home of Charles Darwin
Rowan Blaik, Head Gardener, Downe House

Monday 18 January
The collections at Benmore Botanic Garden, their history and recent developments
Peter Baxtor, Curator, Benmore Botanic Garden

Monday 25 January
Rainforest restoration in Southeast Asia
Kate Blythe, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 8 February
The newly restored Royal Garden Academy in Berlin: The revival of Europe’s oldest horticultural training establishment
Dr Isabelle van Groeningen, Landscape Designer and Lecturer

Monday 15 February
American native plants: In the woodland and garden
Gregory Tepper, Horticulturist, Mt. Cuba Center

Monday 8 March
Working Process: Insight into evolving designs
Sarah Price, Landscape Designer (2012 Olympics)

Monday 15 March
Bulb flora of the south west Cape
Dave Wallbridge, Kew Diploma Student

Monday 22 March
Great Dixter: Meadows within a garden
Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener, Great Dixter

KMIS (Kew Mutual Improvement Society)
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB

Email: kmis@kew.org