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Gerlach, Gary G. "Cooperative Education and Internships at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens." HortScience 32, no. 4 (July 1997): 591C—591. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.4.591c.

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The BBG is a facility of the City of Birmingham Park and Recreation Board and operates as a coalition of the City's professional staff and resources as well as those of the Botanical Society (Friends), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (both groups maintaining offices at the BBG), 2 local community colleges, 12 specialized plant societies (that aid in the maintenance of collections), 100+ garden clubs, numerous related groups, and a strong community support. Current discussions with the University of Alabama in Birmingham will lead to certified programs at the Gardens. There are no formal contracts but informal agreements that are formed for each project. The Society sponsored the 1980 Master Plan and updates it every 10 years, employs a professional educator, and sponsors numerous special activities and programs, many in conjunction with the previously mentioned groups. Internships are hired and paid through the City. Students are rotated weekly through the various operations of the Gardens, including administration, education, taxonomy, and the Library. A special project is done in the area of interest to the student.
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Doughty, Phil. "Lost & Found: 204. British Association's Collection of Photographs of Geological Interest." Geological Curator 5, no. 6 (August 1991): 230–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.55468/gc661.

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Phil Doughty (Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast BT9 5AB) writes: '1 can provide the information being sought by Peter James of the Birmingham Photographic Heritage Project on the whereabouts of the British Association's Collection of Photographs of Geological Interest The photographs were located by GCG - yes the Group - at a meeting held in the Geology Department of the University of Southampton during the Museums Association's Conference in south Hampshire in 1979. -230- Professor Frank Hodson was showing us round their basement store, where I located brown paper parcels labelled 'British Association Photographic Books'. Frank untied a few until I had located the Irish books which were subsequently lodged here, and a catalogue containing the...
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Atanassova, Juliana. "University Botanic Gardens – a historical overview." Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, Book 2 – Botany 106 (2022): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.60066/gsu.biofac.bot.106.5-12.

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The Botanic Garden of the Sofia University „Saint Kliment Ohridski“ in Sofia, already boasts a 130-year history. The article provides a brief overview of the founding and development of the University Botanic Gardens and its scientific, educational, cultural, and social significance.
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Chernysheva, Tatyana. "The role of university botanic gardens in implementing the third mission." E3S Web of Conferences 296 (2021): 03002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129603002.

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The paper reveals a new dimension of implementing the third mission of a university - through the activities rolled-out by Russian universities in their botanic gardens. For urban residents, botanic gardens, in addition to their main functions, are gradually becoming a place for integrating different population groups, from schoolchildren to pensioners. These public spaces conduct active educational policies aimed at many segments of a broader university community, taking into account the experience of regional environmental organizations and international Associations of Botanic Gardens. The author argues that the ecological vector is a priority for productive communication of a university with regional and global audiences at the site of its Botanic Garden, which becomes a measure of the university entering upon the way of sustainable development
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Stephens, Matt, Melody Gray, Edward Moydell, Julie Paul, Tree Sturman, Abby Hird, Sonya Lepper, Cate Prestowitz, Casey Sharber, and Aaron Steil. "ENDOWMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE BOTANIC GARDENS." HortScience 41, no. 3 (June 2006): 495A—495. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.41.3.495a.

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The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens (UDBG) is at a critical juncture in its development. Momentum of shared interest at the University of Delaware and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources favors the Gardens' advancement as an institution. Having identified endowment planning as a critical and immediate need for UDBG, the goal of this research was to gather pertinent institutional knowledge from select university-based public gardens throughout the United States that had already created an endowment. Key staff were interviewed during the summer of 2005 at Cornell Plantations, JC Raulston Arboretum, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and the State Botanic Garden of Georgia. Valuable insights into the procurement and management of endowments within a university-based garden environment were gained through these interviews. Utilizing these results, as well as input from an advisory Task Force, specific recommendations for the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens were made from within the following topic areas: Organizational Structure, Planning, Current Strategies, The Endowment, and The Donor.
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Meyer, Mary Hockenberry, Stan Hokanson, Susan Galatowitsch, and James Luby. "Public Gardens: Fulfilling the University's Research Mission." HortTechnology 20, no. 3 (June 2010): 522–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.20.3.522.

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Research at botanic gardens, from medieval times to the present day, has evolved to encompass a wide range of topics. The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, part of the University of Minnesota, is an example of a diverse, successful research program within a public university garden setting. Collaboration, mission, organization, and publications are keys to a successful research program. Future research for public gardens, including putting collections to work for conservation, understanding global change, ecological genomics, restoration ecology, seed banking, and citizen science are collaborative ideas for all botanic gardens to consider. Research can strengthen the botanic garden's role by providing public value while improving ties to the university.
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Ives, Julian. "Biological controls in botanic gardens." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 18 (February 21, 2020): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.292.

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Biological control of insect pests in horticulture is evolving rapidly but use in botanic gardens can be difficult due to the variety and extent of the plant collections held at these gardens. This paper describes examples of successful biological control of mealybug species at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and looks at some of the challenges to extending the use of such controls in all environments.
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Grosse-Veldmann, Bernadette, Nadja Korotkova, Bernhard Reinken, Wolfram Lobin, and Wilhelm Barthlott. "Amborella trichopoda." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 9 (October 31, 2011): 143–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2011.127.

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Amborella trichopoda Baill., the most ancestral angiosperm, has been successfully cultivated in the Botanic Gardens of the University of Bonn in Germany (BG Bonn) for more than a decade. The distribution of this plant – limited to the South Pacific island of New Caledonia – and its cultivation has so far only been achieved in a few botanic gardens. This paper provides details about the cultivation and propagation of Amborella, and information on its cultivation in botanic gardens around the world. The authors propose that the collections of this plant in botanic gardens could be used to establish ex situ conservation collections.
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Upson, Tim, and Peter Kerley. "The Winter Garden at Cambridge University Botanic Garden." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 155–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.15.

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The history of the Winter Gardens at Cambridge University Botanic Garden is described with particular reference to the one planted in 1978–79 with discussion of the design philosophy, planting and current management practices needed to maintain this maturing garden.
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Lobin, Wolfram, Michael Neumann, Markus Radscheit, and Wilhelm Barthlott. "The Cultivation of Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) :." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 69–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.8.

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One of the most exciting plant species is the Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum, which can truly be regarded as a flagship species for botanic gardens. Wild populations suffer from an increasing pressure on their natural habitat, but botanic gardens can play an important role in the ex-situ conservation of the species. The cultivation of A. titanum is not easy but it offers an irresistible challenge for any keen horticulturist. The University of Bonn Botanic Gardens (Germany) has more than seventy years of experience in the cultivation of this giant and the purpose of this paper is to help the botanic garden community to achieve success in the cultivation of this fascinating plant.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "University Botanic Gardens (University of Birmingham)"

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MacKenzie, Julia. "Impact of floral origin, floral composition and structural fragmentation on breeding success in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tits (Parus major)." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2010. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/123186/.

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Existing research on the foraging ecology and breeding biology of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tits(Parus major) has mainly concentrated on populations in woodland. However increasing urbanisation means much of the suitable tit habitat is represented by fragmented areas, not large woodlands, and little is known about factors that may affect reproductive success in urban environments. Using General and Generalised Linear Models this study compared reproductive performance in four habitat types with differing levels of habitat modification: the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) with an abundance of non-native vegetation and structural fragmentation, two marginal sites with native scrubby vegetation and structural fragmentation and small fragments and large fragments of native woodland. Compositional analysis was used in a study focused on how foraging blue tits used the heterogeneous habitat of the CUBG. Additionally frequency tests were used to compare foraging preferences and foraging behaviours of both species in the CUBG. Productivity was poor in the CUBG compared to all of the other habitats, with great tits appearing to do worse than blue tits, rearing lower quality chicks (significantly lower mean mass than in other habitats). Within the CUBG, positive relationships were found between the abundance of native trees and shrubs and breeding success for both blue tits and great tits. A positive relationship was found between breeding success in blue tits and the abundance of Quercus and Betula. However, habitat and year interactions showed that habitat and reproductive relationships were complicated by annual variation. The two species differed in their foraging preferences in the CUBG; blue tits were observed feeding in native deciduous trees significantly more than in non-native species and had a preference for birch trees over other taxa. Great tits however showed no strong preferences for any of the habitat types. With regards to foraging behaviours, great tits used a wider range of foraging heights and different foraging locations and capture techniques than blue tits. Blue tits were observed‘hanging’ from twigs more frequently, and appeared to be more effective at foraging in the wider variety of plants available in the heterogeneous vegetation of the garden. The data presented in this thesis suggest that blue tits have adopted a better foraging strategy by preferentially choosing native deciduous trees over the abundance of non-natives available in the CUBG. However, despite the apparent better foraging strategy of blue tits, reproductive performance of both species is poor in this urban garden compared to marginal sites and woodland. Urbanisation and the associated loss of optimal tit habitat are likely to continue. It is therefore important to offset urbanisation by the addition of appropriate foraging habitats that are likely to improve reproductive success, such as native trees and shrubs.
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MacKenzie, Julia. "Impact of floral origin, floral composition and structural fragmentation on breeding success in Blue Tits (Cyanistes Caeruleus) and Great Tits (Parus Major)." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2010. https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/123186/1/JuliaMackenzieThesis.pdf.

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Existing research on the foraging ecology and breeding biology of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tits(Parus major) has mainly concentrated on populations in woodland. However increasing urbanisation means much of the suitable tit habitat is represented by fragmented areas, not large woodlands, and little is known about factors that may affect reproductive success in urban environments. Using General and Generalised Linear Models this study compared reproductive performance in four habitat types with differing levels of habitat modification: the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) with an abundance of non-native vegetation and structural fragmentation, two marginal sites with native scrubby vegetation and structural fragmentation and small fragments and large fragments of native woodland. Compositional analysis was used in a study focused on how foraging blue tits used the heterogeneous habitat of the CUBG. Additionally frequency tests were used to compare foraging preferences and foraging behaviours of both species in the CUBG. Productivity was poor in the CUBG compared to all of the other habitats, with great tits appearing to do worse than blue tits, rearing lower quality chicks (significantly lower mean mass than in other habitats). Within the CUBG, positive relationships were found between the abundance of native trees and shrubs and breeding success for both blue tits and great tits. A positive relationship was found between breeding success in blue tits and the abundance of Quercus and Betula. However, habitat and year interactions showed that habitat and reproductive relationships were complicated by annual variation. The two species differed in their foraging preferences in the CUBG; blue tits were observed feeding in native deciduous trees significantly more than in non-native species and had a preference for birch trees over other taxa. Great tits however showed no strong preferences for any of the habitat types. With regards to foraging behaviours, great tits used a wider range of foraging heights and different foraging locations and capture techniques than blue tits. Blue tits were observed‘hanging’ from twigs more frequently, and appeared to be more effective at foraging in the wider variety of plants available in the heterogeneous vegetation of the garden. The data presented in this thesis suggest that blue tits have adopted a better foraging strategy by preferentially choosing native deciduous trees over the abundance of non-natives available in the CUBG. However, despite the apparent better foraging strategy of blue tits, reproductive performance of both species is poor in this urban garden compared to marginal sites and woodland. Urbanisation and the associated loss of optimal tit habitat are likely to continue. It is therefore important to offset urbanisation by the addition of appropriate foraging habitats that are likely to improve reproductive success, such as native trees and shrubs.
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Skirgård, Milton. "Institutionell grönska : Uppsalas akademiträdgårdar som idé och praktik igår, idag och imorgon." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432879.

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The aim of this essay is to study the historical process of the academic gardens in Uppsala. Which works in different ways in relation to the university, Uppsala university. The history of the academic garden in Uppsala is varied, with the exemplified gardens individually expressing different garden contextual ideals. From the 17th century academy gardens and Sweden's first botanical garden created by Olof Rudbeck d.ä (1630-1702), through the world-renowned botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) to today's version of the academic garden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. By studying general change processes of the university, a basis is provided for understanding its built environment and gardens in the long run. The essay also aims to shed light on important components of the academic garden and how they have changed over time. The essay shows that although the academic garden varies in terms of plant material, scale and purpose, it possesses similar elements throughout history. All gardens covered in the essay possess qualities important to the general Swedish garden history and indicate a number of foreign influences.
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Wieck, Susannah. "The happy heterotopia : science and leisure in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology, University of Canterbury, 2006 /." 2006. http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/etd/adt-NZCU20060717.170205.

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Books on the topic "University Botanic Gardens (University of Birmingham)"

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Birmingham), What is the future for construction? (1993. What is the future for construction?: Proceedings of a conference organised by the University of Central England and the Midlands Study Centre : at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens : Friday 29th October 1993. Birmingham: University of Central England in Birmingham -Faculty of the Built Environment, 1993.

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Bavcon, Jože. Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani =: University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Kmečki Glas, 2010.

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Bavcon, Jože. Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani =: University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Kmečki Glas, 2010.

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How did this garden grow?: The history of the Botanic Gardens of the University of Bristol. Bristol: Friends of Bristol University Botanic Garden, 2002.

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Bengt, Jonsell, and Jonsell Lena, eds. Biosystematics in the Nordic flora: Proceedings of a symposium held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the centenary of Bergius Botanic Gardens, Stockholm University, August 27-29, 1985. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1986.

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Frank White Memorial Symposium (1996 Oxford University). Chorology, taxonomy, and ecology of the floras of Africa and Madagascar: From the Frank White Memorial Symposium held in the Plant Sciences Department, Oxford University on Sept. 26-27th, 1996 by the Linnean Society of London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Wolfson College, Oxford. [Richmond, England]: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.

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Gilbert-Carter, Humphrey. Guide to the University Botanic Garden Cambridge. University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, 2013.

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Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: A Brief History. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2017.

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Book chapters on the topic "University Botanic Gardens (University of Birmingham)"

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Bennett, Bradley C. "Learning in Paradise: The Role of Botanic Gardens in University Education." In Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences, 213–29. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0422-8_13.

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Peixoto, Ariane Luna. "The development of a university botanic garden in Brazil." In Tropical Botanic Gardens, 119–25. Elsevier, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-346850-5.50016-8.

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Prance, Ghillean T. "The dilemma of the Amazon rain forests: biological reserve or exploitable resource?" In Monitaring the Environment, 157–92. Oxford University PressOxford, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198584087.003.0008.

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Abstract Professor Ghillean (lain) Prance was appointed Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1988, after spending 25 years in the United States. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on the Amazon rainforests. After graduation and the award of a doctorate at Oxford University, Iain Prance went to New York on what was intended to be a temporary appointment at the New York Botanical Gardens; in the event, he stayed on to become, in 1968, Curator of Amazonian Botany. He was subsequently appointed Director of Research at the New York Botanical Gardens and then Director of its Institute of Economic Botany. He held Visiting Professorships at the City University of New York and at Yale University. He was Leader of the United States Amazonian Exploration Program for 20 years and visited the region on numerous occasions. He is the author of several books on botany and Amazonia.
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Hickman, Clare. "Educating the Senses." In The Doctor's Garden, 15–43. Yale University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300236101.003.0002.

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This chapter focuses on the roots of botanic knowledge within the medical curriculum and considers the use of gardens for education, sensory approaches to knowledge creation and dissemination, as well as the importance of trained gardeners as botanical assistants. It explores the role of the senses in botanical knowledge dissemination and how this related to the creation and use of botanic collections as well as a wide range of other media in teaching. It also focuses on Hope and the Leith Walk garden in Edinburgh. The chapter considers the problems encountered when trying to teach botany without a well-resourced garden, as demonstrated by the example of the University of Glasgow. It looks at the pedagogical methods shared by anatomy and botany and explores the common nature of these disciplines when the lens is focused on the science of the classroom.
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Hickman, Clare. "Creating a Perpetual Spring." In The Doctor's Garden, 44–74. Yale University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300236101.003.0003.

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This chapter considers the role of domestic gardens developed by doctors in Britain as nodes within local, national, and global networks and the interrelationships between science, sociability, pleasure, and the senses. It mentions Dr. John Coakley Lettsom, who portrayed his domestic garden as a place full of trees and plants that he considered to be both ornamental and productive, as well as a section organized scientifically using the Linnaean system of classification. It also suggests that any person might acquire a tolerably correct idea of valuable science by a due attention to the arrangements of the garden at Grove Hill. The chapter highlights the arranging and labeling of plants, which establishes that scientifically arranged botanic collections that were not only confined to university-owned spaces. It considers the design of the garden as an educational and experimental space and as a place for personal leisure.
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Conference papers on the topic "University Botanic Gardens (University of Birmingham)"

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Roguleva, N. O. "Endangered species in the greenhouse of the Samara University Botanic garden." In Botanical Gardens as Centers for Study and Conservation of Phyto-Diversity. TSU Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/978-5-94621-956-3-2020-51.

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Doyle Prestwich, Barbara. "Learning beyond the classroom - Importance of residential fieldcourses in teaching plant biology." In Learning Connections 2019: Spaces, People, Practice. University College Cork||National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/lc2019.28.

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The establishment of physic gardens (gardens particularly focused on plants with medicinal properties) dates back to the middle of the 16th century and generally had strong links with university medical schools (Bennett, 2014). Wyse Jackson in 1999 described botanic gardens as ‘institutions holding documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education’. In 2014, Bennet described the role of botanic gardens in university education as akin to learning in Paradise. By 2050 it is predicted that almost two thirds of the world’s population will live in an urban environment. This may have a huge impact on our ability to both experience and understand the natural world. Plants have a massive impact on the earth’s environment. This paper focuses on learning beyond the classroom in botanic & physic gardens and in industry settings using the annual Applied Plant Biology fieldcourse in UCC as a case study. The Applied Plant Biology residential fieldcourse has been running for the past five years (started in 2014) and takes place around Easter each year. I am the coordinator. It is a 5 day residential course for 3rd year Plant Science students. The learning outcomes of the fieldtrip state that; students should be able to discuss recent developments in industrial plant science research (facilitated in part by visits to a multinational (Syngenta) and smaller family owned companies (Tozers)); be able to explain worldwide plant conservation approaches and plant biodiversity in the context of different plant ecosystems and anthropogenic environmental impacts through engagement with such centers of excellence as Kew Botanic Gardens in London, Kew’s Millenium Seedbank Wakehurst in Sussex and the Chelsea Physic Garden in central London.
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Utting, Brittany, and Daniel Jacobs. "PALM-HOUSE." In 2021 ACSA Teachers Conference. ACSA Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.teach.2021.24.

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The Botanic Gardens of Padua, Italy (Orto Botanico di Padova) were founded by the University of Padua in 1545 for medicinal plant research. Located south of the Basilica of Sant’Antonio, the herbarium takes the form of a circle divided into four quadrants each containing a carefully curated arrangement of specimens. The herbs and plants in the garden, imported from all over the world, were used to train medical students to identify specific species for medical and therapeutic remedies. ¹ Because of the rarity of the specimens housed inside, the Orto Botanico was fortified against theft with a circular stone wall, revealing how valuable both the botanical specimens and associated medical knowledge was at the time. Such ideal Renaissance botanical gardens performed two functions: rationalizing the natural world into an organized and carefully sorted collection, while also producing an exclusive space for biomedical knowledge production. The organization of the plant species within the walled space reflects the development of pharmaceutical technology in the 16th century, performatively embodying the knowledge structures of botanical medicine to function as a pharmaceutical laboratory.²
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Griffin, Alidair A., Barbara Doyle Prestwich, and Eoin P. Lettice. "UCC Open Arboretum Project: Trees as a teaching and outreach tool for environmental and plant education." In Learning Connections 2019: Spaces, People, Practice. University College Cork||National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/lc2019.25.

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The University College Cork (UCC) Open Arboretum Project aims to re-imagine the original purpose of the University’s tree collection – as a teaching tool. The arboretum represents a unique on-campus learning space which has been under-utilised for teaching in recent times. The arboretum has the capacity to engage students, staff and visitors in a tangible way with important global issues (e.g. the climate emergency and biodiversity loss). It is also an opportunity to combat ‘plant blindness’, i.e. the ambivalence shown to plants in our environment compared to often charismatic animal species. Wandersee and Schussler (1999) coined the term “plant blindness” to describe the preference for animals rather than plants that they saw in their own biology students. Knapp (2019) has argued that, in fact, humans are less ‘plant blind’ and more ‘everything-but-vertebrates-blind’ with school curricula and television programming over-emphasising the role of vertebrates at the expense of other groups of organisms. Botanic gardens and arboreta have long been used for educational purposes. Sellman and Bogner (2012) have shown that learning about climate change in a botanic garden led to a significant shortterm and long-term knowledge gain for high-school students compared to students who learned in a classroom setting. There is also evidence that learning outside as part of a science curriculum results in higher levels of overall motivation in the students and a greater feeling of competency (Dettweiler et al., 2017). The trees in the UCC collection, like other urban trees also provide a range of benefits outside of the educational sphere. Large, mature trees, with well-developed crowns and large leaf surface area have the capacity to store more carbon than smaller trees. They provide shade as well as food and habitats for animal species as well providing ‘symbolic, religious and historic’ value in public common spaces. Such benefits have recently been summarised by Cavender and Donnolly (2019) and aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities by Turner-Skoff and Cavender (2019). A stakeholder survey has been conducted to evaluate how the tree collection is currently used and a tour of the most significant trees in the collection has been developed. The tour encourages participants to explore the benefits of plants through many lenses including recreation, medicine and commemoration. The open arboretum project brings learning beyond the classroom and acts as an entry point for learning in a variety of disciplines, not least plant science and environmental education generally.
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