Activities and Disciplines

Plant Cultures: the green worlds of South Asian communities

Tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica L.) A watercolour from William Roxburgh's Icones Roxburghianae, or drawings of Indian plants (1790-1812?). Roxburgh went to India in 1776, in the service of the East India Company. He made descriptions of Indian plants and had life-size paintings of many of the plants made by Indian artists. Credit: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Find more pictures on the Plant Cultures website....

Plant Cultures was a community-based project carried out in 2004-5, to develop an internet resource linked to community-outreach programmes and botanic garden/museum trails. The website is giving families, Asian communities and lifelong learners a unique insight into the cultural and economic importance of a wide range of plants from South Asia (India, Pakistan & Bangladesh).

Plant Cultures is funded by Culture Online, a DCMS-funded initiative that aims to enable more people, both school children and adults, to engage in culture in a variety of new ways.

The project is now complete and the Plant Cultures website is online at www.plantcultures.org.uk

Contact us

If you would like further information, please contact:

Dr Mark Nesbitt, Project Manager 
Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB Email:
Email: ceb-enq@kew.org

Media enquiries:

Public Relations
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB

Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5607/5619    Email: pr@kew.org