Make a Herbarium Sample - NEW

18
Apr

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

Address

RHS Garden Wisley
Wisley Lane
WOKING
Surrey
GU23 6QB

Venue

Hillside Events Centre

Tel

020 31765830

Booking

SOLD OUT


  • Member

    £54.00

  • Non Member

    £68.00

  • Places

    0 total

  • Book by

    16/04/2018

  • 020 31765830

Overview

  • Course running time

    10:30 - 13:00

  • Skill level

    General

  • Subject

    Workshop


Take a unique opportunity to join the RHS Herbarium Team to learn the scientific process of making herbarium samples. You will be taught to press specimens and use colour charts to record plants before pressing. You will also mount some already-pressed specimens in the old Berlin Layout that emulates botanical illustrations which make for beautiful pieces of art. After you have learned these techniques, some of which are over 500 years old, and made your pieces to take home, you will be taken on a tour of the RHS Herbarium at Wisley, which is regarded as the best in the world for cultivated ornamental plants.

Additional info

Includes tea and coffee

Get involved

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.