The 5th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens


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Anil Kumar & V. P. Sajeev, Wayanad, Kerala, India Setting up a new education department - strategies and partnerships Christine Millican, National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Multiculturalism and Indigenous Issues in Interpretation Connecting to culture Steve Meredith Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia, Australia Forming Partnerships Forming partnerships: insights from southern Africa Pat Irwin & Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Environmental Education Unit, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Alien invaders: learning about biodiversity by monitoring environmental weeds Gary Shadforth, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Linking with schools for joint interpretive processes Abel Barasa Atiti, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi Botanic Garden, Nairobi, Kenya Encounters with naturalists Catherine Ducatillion & Steve Meredith, Jardin Botanique de la Villa Thuret, Antibes, France & Steve Meredith, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Community participation in exhibit development Carolann Walach Baldyga, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Maimi, Florida, USA Collaborating for conservation: how can botanic gardens staff in developed and developing countries work together to promote education and conservation in the botanical hotspots of the world? Didik Widyatmoko & Lorraine Perrins, Center for Plant Conservation, Bogor Botanic Gardens, Bogor, Indonesia & Lorraine Perrins, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia Children’s gardens: an international partnership using the Internet Loïc Ruellan, Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest, Brest, France Setting up a new education department – developing strategies and forming partnerships Chris Millican, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Volunteering Volunteering in focus: the panoramic view Janelle Hatherly, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia The pleasures and pitfalls of guiding at Kew Barbara Boyle, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, U.K. Volunteering in focus: the broad picture Carolann Walach Baldyga Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Evaluation and Research What learning? What theory? Katherine Stewart, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Sydney, Australia Changing the face of a botanic garden by tackling the concept of sustainability head on: the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and our learning curve Robert Brett, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK Evaluating the impact of a teacher development programme Eugenie Novellie, Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Contents of the 4th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more...	Related Gardens Botanic Gardens of Adelaide Australia - South Australia - Adelaide Center for Plant Conservation - Bogor Botanic Gardens Indonesia - Java - Bogor Cambridge University Botanic Garden United Kingdom - Cambridge Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Australia - VIC - Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Australia - NSW - Sydney Pretoria National Botanical Garden South Africa - Pretoria Brisbane Botanic Gardens Australia - Queensland - Toowong National Botanic Garden of Wales United Kingdom - Wales - Carmarthenshire The BGCI Education Blog If you want to contact the BGCI Education department you might find our blog interesting. You can catch up on what we have been up to recently, and contribute your own comments. You can also sign up for updates so you can keep an eye on the education team! The Nature of Success: Success for Nature BGCI’s 6th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens, billed as "the best ever", inspired, motivated and brought educators together. 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