M.Sc. HORTICULTURE, READING By Frank Emmerich In October 2002, I started the one-year M.Sc. course in Horticulture at Reading University. Thanks to the generous contribution of the Kew Guild I was able to cover a part of my…
Read MoreVisit to Claude Monet’s Garden, Giverny, France by Tarja Ravenhal Claude Monet (1840-89) was first a gardener and secondly a painter. In his early life, he created gardens wherever he lived. He was very fond of Japanese-style gardens,…
Read MoreAn Orchid fieldtrip in South-Western Australia by David Menzies The First International Orchid Conservation Conference was held in Perth, capital of Western Australia from September 24th to 28th, 2001, and was attended by 130 delegates from 22 countries….
Read MoreJapan by Hannah Gardner As I look back on the summer of 2001 that has just come to a close, three weeks in particular bring back memories so vivid and so many in number that it is hard…
Read MoreBhutan by Jessica Beaghen Words will never describe my trip to Bhutan adequately. I travelled there via Bangkok and Kathmandu on a long and arduous journey, not helped by a broken aeroplane and bad weather, although I am…
Read MoreSuccessful Local Involvement in Local Agenda 21 by Louise Allen “Local authorities, as the level of government closest to people, have a vital role in educating and mobilising the public to get behind the goals of Agenda 21.”(UN,…
Read MoreGiant Alpines of Ecuador by Ruth Bone In June of this year I flew to the Andean city of Quito, a UNESCO world heritage site at an altitude of 2,500m. The Spanish colonial buildings of the Old Town…
Read MoreA visit to Jersey Lavender Farm by Susyn Andrews As part of my ongoing research for the forthcoming publication of The Genus Lavandula, in the Botanical Magazine Monograph Series, I needed to revisit a lavender farm in Jersey,…
Read MoreA study tour to Lebanon by Helenka Jurgielewicz Based at the American University in Beirut for three weeks during May and June 2000, I had the opportunity of participating in the Darwin Project in Coastal Vegetation Survey for…
Read MoreA study of orchids in Yunnan by Jinyong Chen In June 2000 I had my threee weeks study tour in Yunnan Province, southwestern China. The topography and climate vary a lot in Yunnan. There are over18,000 species of…
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