“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
― G.K. Chesterton
Our May Coffee Chat featured Plant Records Officer, James Miller of Sheffield Botanical Gardens. James spoke on Sheffield's interdepartmental and volunteer-based collaborations to create Garden Explorer tours, resulting in ones that appeal to a wide range of garden visitors and accessibilities.
| Thanks to all of you who joined us! The Coffee Chat attendees more experienced users with 6.5% attendees trying out the trial, 6.5% of the users identifying as novice, 67% intermediate users, and 20% advanced users. |
The map below shows the gardens and arboreta represented by those who registered for the Coffee Chat - home offices not taken into consideration.
Current Tours at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens:
Broomhill Festival Earthshot Tour -This tour will take you around the gardens to show examples of plants and their relevance to the environmental issues that we face...
Classic Cedars -From the High Atlas Mountains to the Western Himalayas, come on this tour of classic cedars at Sheffield Botanical Gardens...
Dyes in Nature - Dyes have been extracted from plants throughout history...
Shakespeare's Botanicals - The 17th Century diarist, Samuel Johnson said, ‘The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden...
History Taster Trail - The Botanical Gardens were laid out by the first Curator, Robert Marnock...
Spring (*designed for children)- In Spring the Gardens are vibrant and come to life. This trail shows you lots of the spring flowers and animals you can see in the Gardens...
Interpretive Signage in the Sheffield Botanical Gardens
White Board Discussion with the IrisBG Community
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