Ethnobotany to Ethnomedicine with Mark Paterson

Mark Paterson, Curator of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden, offers a fascinating insight into the vital role of plants in our daily lives, and the importance their conservation for our future health and wellbeing.

Speaker: Mark Paterson, Curator Cruickshank Botanic Gardens

Venue: Seminar Room, Special Collections Centre

Research and professional horticultural practices at botanic gardens promote the growing of specific, and often rare, species of plants. Propagation can result in increasing their numbers, while facilitating genetic diversity. Ongoing plant research, particularly in affiliation with botanic gardens is of paramount importance. 

Come and learn more about the Cruickshank Botanic Garden at the Pharmacopoeia exhibition.

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