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Department of Plant Sciences

 
Fun-tastic  Festival of Plants

The second Festival of Plants at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden was held on an exceptionally sunny and warm Saturday, 17 May bringing together horticulture and science in a day devoted to all things plant. See images from the event on Flickr.

Visitors were informed, entertained and fascinated by a range of events and exhibits, including Plant Promenade,  Pop-up Plant Science, variety of talks and guided tours of the garden, ask the gardener and buy-a-plant stalls.

CPPS partners were on formidable form at the marquee, with an assortment of educational, entertaining and enjoyable displays:

  • Society of Biology
  • KWS-UK
  • NIAB Innovation Farm
  • Gwenda Kyd
  • Sainsbury Lab
  • Felsted School (in collaboration with University of Cambridge on a project) - Peel Power
  • Transport group, Dept Plant Sci - Growing Round the Bend
  • Plant Metabolism group, Dept Plant Sci in conjunction with EnAlgae, InCrops and BAS - Amazing Algae
  • Physiological Ecology, Dept Plant Sci - Bromeliads and forest epiphytes
  • Evolution and Development Group, Dept Plant Sci - Flower Patterning