I am pleased to share that I will be exhibiting two of my ginger family paintings with the Liverpool Botanical Trust at their seminar on the 29th of March:

Join the Liverpool Botanical Trust for a day exploring the amazing world of gingers! 

Featuring contributions from leading horticulturalists, academics, and artists, this is a public event for anyone with an interest in the botanical, cultural, and local histories of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. 

‘Spice Stories’ is a collaboration between Liverpool Botanical Trust and the Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. 

Lunch and refreshments are provided in the ticket price. 

Date: Saturday 29 March 2025 

10:00 - 16:00

Location: Croxteth Hall

Croxteth Hall Lane, Croxteth L12 0HB

The Programme for the day is:

10.00 – Arrival 

10.15 - Welcome by Dr Kate Walchester, Director of Research Institute of Literature and Cultural History, LJMU and Steve Lyus, Chair of the Liverpool Botanic Trust

10.30-11.30 – Axel Dalberg Poulson, Zingiberales Taxonomist, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: ‘The Diversity of Gingers of the World’

11.30-12.00 – Tea break

12.00-1.00 – Steve Lyus, Chair of the Liverpool Botanical Trust: ‘“Roscoe’s Baby”, The first Monograph for the Gingers’; 

- Donna Young, Curator of Herbarium, World Museum, Liverpool: ‘The Liverpool Herbarium and its Gingers.’ 

1.00-2.00 – Lunch and exhibition, featuring contributions by botanical artist Sue McHugh, LJMU graduate Anna John and the local Athena Plant nursery

2.00-3.00 – Richard Baines, Curator at Logan Botanic Garden: ‘Growing Gingers in Great Britain.’

3.10-3.40 – Rebecca Bailey, Senior Lecturer in English Literature: “What's ginger, I pray ye?”: an exploration of ginger in early modern England'. 

3.40-4.00 – Conclusion, Tea, and Evaluation.

FULL EVENT DETAILS AND BOOKING DETAILS HERE:

https://liverpoolbotanicaltrust.org.uk/events