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Botany in the Garden

PlantNetwork Spring conference
National Botanic Garden of Wales
20–22 April 2009

Monday 20 April
1.45pm	Welcome and introduction Kevin Lamb, Director, National Botanic Gardens of Wales Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
2-5pm	Talks: THE SCIENCE
2.00 pm	DNA and plant classification Mike Fay, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
2.30 pm	Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
3.00 pm	Designing the APG Garden at Bristol University Botanic Garden Professor Simon Hiscock, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
3.25 pm	TEA
3.50 pm	DNA Barcoding of Plants Pete Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
4.15 pm	DNA Barcoding research and the Welsh flora Professor Mike Wilkinson, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
4.40pm	DNA and plant conservation genetics Natasha deVere, National Botanic Garden of Wales
5.35pm	PlantNetwork AGM
Tuesday 21 April
9.05 am	Creating an accession policy Timothy Walker, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
9.35 am	Managing and communicating plant name changes Dr John David, Royal Horticultural Society
10.05 am	Changing to APG II at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Dr David Rae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
10.30 am	Discussion
11.00 am	COFFEE
11.30 am	Horticultural Information from Living Collections Dr Zoe Dunsiger, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
11.55 am	Sharing horticultural knowledge and research results Dr David Rae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
12.20 pm	Discussion
12.35 pm	Family Borders at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden Tom Price, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
1.00 pm	APG planting at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales Laura Davies, National Botanic Gardens of Wales
1.30 pm	LUNCH
2.30 pm	Tour of APG plantings in the Walled Garden at National Botanic Gardens of Wales.
4.00 pm	TEA
4.30 pm	Garden of Evolution at Dundee Alistair Hood, University of Dundee Botanic Garden
4.55 pm	Using the Order beds for teaching at Glasnevin Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Wednesday 22 April
9.05 am	Evolutionary Dell and APG display at Bristol Botanic Garden Nicholas Wray, University of Bristol Botanic Garden
9.30 am	Updating the Order beds at Kew Andrew Darragh, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
9.55 am	Public engagement and family beds Louise Allen, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
10.20 am	Systematic Beds at Cambridge Tim Upson, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
10.45 am	COFFEE
11.10 am	New Leaf Project at West Dulwich Station Vinnie O'Connell, Southwark Council
11.35 am	Training in skills for public engagement Pam Smith, Historic and Botanic Garden Training and Development, Lantra and English Heritage
11.55 am	Discussion on order beds
12.35 pm	Phytophthora ramorum - a wake up call Ian Wright, Garden Adviser for Devon and Cornwall, National Trust, Trengwainton
1.15 pm	LUNCH

APG I summary tree

APG I tree with common names

APG II summary tree

NBG Wales summary tree

Full APG I family tree (Glasnevin)

University of Bristol Botanic Garden	Cambridge University Botanic Garden	National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
National Botanic Gardens of Wales	University of Oxford Botanic Garden

APG I - Full listing of families by orders, with synonymy (1998)	APG II - Original publication (2003)	Glasnevin Student guide to APG A map guide to the family beds at Glasnevin	National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin A leaflet contrasting Bentham & Hooker's scheme and the APG layout.
The tubular flower families (~Asterids) Handout from Glasnevin website.	The many-petalled flower families (~Eudicots & Rosids) Handout from Glasnevin website.	Some of the major Family changes from APG II.	New family placements for genera adopted at RBGE