Tue, 20 Sept
|Oxford Botanic Gardens
Oxford Botanic Gardens, 400 years of botany, horticulture, research and conservation [OxCAN Members Only]
A guided tour of the Oxford Botanic Gardens led by the Head of Horticulture, Marc Brent for 20 OxCAN members.
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Time & Location
20 Sept, 10:30 BST
Oxford Botanic Gardens, Rose Ln, Oxford OX1 4AZ, UK
About The Event
A guided tour of the Oxford Botanic Gardens led by the Head of Horticulture, Marc Brent.
This event is in person and is limited to 20 people. Spaces will be allocated on a first come first serve basis with a waitlist for all interested. This event is for OxCAN members only.
More about our guide:
Mark Brent, Dip. hort. Kew, MCIH, Curator and head of Horticulture, Oxford Botanic
Gardens
Mark has over thirty five years of experience working in Botanical & amenity
horticulture and has worked for organisations such as the National Trust, Royal
Botanic Gardens Kew and English Heritage. Prior to joining Oxford Botanic
Gardens in December 2019 Mark had recently restored the 18 th century
landscape gardens at Walmer Castle in Kent, home of the Lord Warden of the
Cinque Ports, to their former glory. He also spent 20 years working in Cornwall
establishing the Italianate sub-tropical style gardens of Lamorran House in St.
Mawes. Mark is currently responsible for the curation of the living collections
at the Botanic garden and the management of a twelve strong team of
horticulturists.
Inspired by gardens in Europe such as Padua and Leiden the Botanic garden in
Oxford was originally laid out in the 17 th century as the ‘Physic gardens’ which
provided a living collection of herbal flora enabling the accurate study of
medicinal plants by scholars in the University. Presently celebrating its 400 th
anniversary the garden continues to serve a purpose for the provision of
botanical research as well as providing a public amenity where over 5000
species of plants can be viewed. Conservation is a core part the strategic plan
internationally as well as in the United Kingdom, currently horticulturists and
botanists are actively working on a project to protect threatened native flora
species in Oxfordshire.