Kew Mutual Improvement Society: Monday Lectures

04 January- 22 March 2010

Monday Lectures

Jodrell Laboratory - venue for the Monday lectures

The Kew Mutual Improvement Society was established in 1871 under the auspices of Joseph Dalton Hooker. The Society programmed a season of horticultural lectures for the benefit of student gardeners at Kew.

Lecture seasons have occurred annually since the inception of the KMIS. Initially, events were only open to Kew students and staff, but more recently have become open to the public.

Each season begins in September and runs until Easter the following year. The evenings commence at 6.00pm Monday evenings in the Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Lectures are preceded by short items of interest given by Kew staff and students, and members of the public. The main lecture generally last forty to forty-five minutes. Recent speakers have included Roy Lancaster, Matthew Biggs and Glyn Jones, Head Gardener of Hidcote Manor Garden.

Please note we are unable to take advance bookings for lectures, tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis on the evening.

We hope you will be able to join us

KMIS lectures: Winter 2010

January 2010

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

February 2010

Monday 1 February
Following in the footsteps of Margaret Mee in the Amazon
Marcelo Sellaro & Scott Taylor, Kew Horticulturists

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

March 2010

Monday 1 March
The Turks and Caicos Islands: Supporting Kew's conservation activities
Mark Cox, Kew Diploma Student

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

Lectures: Mondays, 6.00pm
Venue: Jodrell Laboratory Lecture Theatre, Kew (Map of Jodrell Gate Entrance)
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.

KMIS (Kew Mutual Improvement Society)
c/o School of Horticulture
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB
Email: kmis@kew.org