Dr Peter Donaldson | Insights into the Travels and Botany of Joseph Hooker
Dr Peter Donaldson, an illustrated talk on the “Insights into the Travels and Botany of Joseph Hooker” This talk will be an expansion on last year’s talk on the travels of Joseph Hooker. In particular it will follow Peter’s recent travels in the USA retracing the 1877 journey of Hooker and the great American botanist Asa Gray to the Rocky Mountains and West Coast. It includes the hunt for missing correspondence between the two where Hooker proposed a similarity between the plants of the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Russian Altai. Peter will also show and discuss some of his short videos created for the Joseph Hooker Correspondence Project of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
Peter is experienced in expedition filmmaking in Nepal, Antarctica, New Zealand and Indonesia. He has a strong science background and runs his own technology-based Peter’s talk to AGHS and FOBGM last year was sold out within two weeks and many people were disappointed so we encourage you to book early.
Date: 6pm for 6:30 lectureTuesday August 19th
Venue: Mueller Hall at the Herbarium.
Cost: AGHS Members $20/Non Members. $25/Students $10
Bookings: Bookings are essential. Book securely via http://www.trybooking.com/EFWE
Enquiries or Phone Bookings: Lisa Tuck Chair (Vic Branch) lisatuck1@bigpond.com or 0418 590 891
NB Please note this event includes the AGm of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Garden History Society.