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2010 Winter Seminar programme
Members of the Friends and guests are invited to attend the 2010 Winter Seminar on the subject of "trees in the Botanic Garden". This is an important and topical subject, taking into consideration the ageing of the trees in the Garden. On what basis should they be replaced? What should be
the principles underpinning the replacement policy? Replacement or renovation?
The Seminar will examine how we came to have the main tree types in the Garden, current management issues relating to trees and how the Christchurch Botanic Garden is approaching the same challenges. There will an open
session for discussion of issues raised.
Saturday 7 August
9am till 1pm in the Treehouse, Wellington Botanic Garden
“Trees
in the Wellington Botanic Garden: Past, Present and Future”
Opening
and welcome: 0900 – 0915
Session
One: 0915 - 1000: Past
Historical
Perspective: why the major specimen tree types were planted in the
Garden
Walter
Cook
Session
Two: 1015 – 1100: Present
Current
issues and management of the trees in the Garden (including the
Collections Review and the Tree Framework policy)
David
Sole, Manager Wellington Botanic Garden
Session
Three: 1100-1145: Future
Future
Options: where to from here? Restoration or renovation? The
Christchurch Botanic Garden experience and principles underpinning
“succession planning”
Dr
John Clemens, Curator, Christchurch Botanic Garden
Session
Four: 1200 – 1245
Open
Forum with Panellists to discuss issues raised in their presentations
Moderated
by Richard Nanson
Conclusion
and thanks: 1245 - 1300
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