crest    BOTANICAL SOCIETY
   OF SCOTLAND

        Scotland's national botanical society
                Incorporating the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland

                Scottish Charity No. SC016283

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Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chloranthera) in flower at Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothian. İC.E. Jeffree 2009

Secretary of the Botanical Society of Scotland:
Dr Barbra Harvie,

CECS, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JU
Tel: 0131 650 7211  e-mail: barbra.harvie@ed.ac.uk

Local Secretary at RBGE:
Dr Heather McHaffie
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
Tel: 0131 552 7171 / 0131 248 2886  e-mail: h.mchaffie@rbge.ac.uk

EDINBURGH 2009-2010 PROGRAMME

STUDENT SYMPOSIUM 2009 AT THE
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH

Tuesday 22nd  SEPTEMBER 2009

LECTURE PROGRAMME 2009-2010

Local Secretary at RBGE: Dr Heather McHaffie, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row. Edinburgh, EH35LR. Tel: 0131 5527171/0131 243 2886 email: H.McHaffie@rbge.ac.uk

Local Secretary at King's Buildings: Dr Barbra Harvie, CECS, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Crew Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH93JN. Tel: 0131 6507211   email: barbra.harvie@ed.ac.uk

 

·         Thursday 15 October 2009: Dr Heather McHaffie, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Scottish ferns in a changing climate

·         Thursday 19 November 2009: Dr Richard Milne, University of Edinburgh. Introduced plants in Britain: blessing or blight

·         Thursday 17 December 2009: Dr David Burslem, University of Aberdeen.  Trade-offs, traits and tree species diversity in tropical rain forests

·         Thursday 21 January 2010: Dr Chris Jeffree, University of Edinburgh. Inspiration, identification and insect repellent - reminiscences and reflections on 25 years of botany field courses

·         Thursday 18 February 2010: Dr Rebecca Yahr, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Lichens in the attic: what timber-framed houses can tell us about Britain's historic diversity

·         Thursday 18 March 2010: Dr Adam Vanbergen, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh. Plants shape trophic diversity and interactions from host-plant to landscape scales

·         Thursday 15 April 2010: Mary Beith, Inverness. Making the cure: traditional medicines in the Highlands and Islands

·         Thursday 20 May 2010: Patricia Wiltshire, University of Aberdeen. Botany and mycology: powerful weapons in ensuring convictions for serious crimes

·         Thursday 17 June 2010: AGM followed by a Midsummer Medley of lecturettes offered by members of council

 

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