Botany and Gardening

Recognising plants, understanding how they work and growing them better: an exhibition that links the science of plants with the pleasure of gardening.

Panel by panel:

• From the first gatherers to botanists: the history of plant knowledge
• Classifying living things: from Theophrastus to Linnaeus and scientific nomenclature
• Plant anatomy: roots, stems, leaves, flowers and inflorescences
• Identifying plants in the field
• The key principles of gardening
• The garden, a place for observation and experiment

Audience: all ages. Ideal for: a community garden, a seed library, a nature club or a life and earth sciences project.