The Botanics looks forward to hosting the next Botanical Society of Scotland's lecture on 17 September featuring Dr Sarah Edwards.
What can plants teach us about the relationships between culture, place, and conservation? Drawing on her work as an ethnobotanical practitioner, this talk will explore diverse relationships between people and plants across northern Australia, NE. Brazil, South Wales, and Mount Elgon, Kenya.
From working with First Nations communities and the Ogiek Indigenous community, to collaborating with farmers, artists and young people, Dr Edwards will consider how plant knowledge connects people to place, identity and cultural practice. She will also reflect on collaborative efforts to conserve threatened Rafflesia species in Southeast Asia. Together, these experiences illustrate the importance of ethnobotany in understanding and sustaining the world’s biocultural diversity.
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With thanks to the Botanical Society of Scotland for creating this lecture series and welcoming our members to it. You can find out more about BSS here
Venue note: To access the lecture please enter via the Science Buildings main reception, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR and follow the signs to the Lecture Theatre.
Note this is NOT the public entrance to the Gardens.