Lecture Series 1

(limit 70 people)

Lecture series facilitator is Professor Pauline Ladiges. Followed by Q&A

An Historical Look at the System Garden and Prof McCoy's Plan

– Dr Gwen Pascoe (25-30 mins)

"The funny little white building behind botany" was once the central tower of an octagonal conservatory which was itself the centre of a formal botanic garden, later known as the System Garden. It represents horticultural ambition, academic ambition, and a 19th Century version of a long traditional of educational botany.