The International Society of Ethnobiology
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The International Society of Ethnobiology
- Ninth International Congress |
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Booking Forms for the field trips are
now available
Each trip has its own booking form, and each form is available in Word and pdf format,
set-up for both A4 and US letter formats
Please download the correct form!
All trips will run on the stated days, subject (in some cases) to a minimum number
of participants.
As there are a limited number of places available on all trips, you are advised
to book as soon as possible!
| Sunday 13th June | The Historical Ecology of an Ancient British Woodland: the Blean Details | 2 hours from 2.00pm | Cost £5.00 |
| Charles Darwin, his home and favourite orchid fields Details | Full day | Cost £27.50 | |
| Friday 18th June | Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Details | Full day | Cost £22.50 |
| Goodnestone Park and Mount Ephraim Gardens Details | Full day | Cost £30.00 | |
| Canterbury Cathedral Library and the Archdeacon's Garden Details | Half-day to start at 12.30 | Cost £14.50 | |
| Saturday 19th June | The Eden Project Details (Bookings for this trip close on 14th May) |
Three days from 19th June to 21st June | Cost £160.00 |
| The National Fruit Collection, Brogdale Details | Half-day | Cost £17.50 | |
| Sunday 20th June | Chelsea Physic Garden Details | 3/4 day | Cost £26.00 |
| The Powell-Cotton Museum Details | 3/4 day | Cost £30.00 |
The ancient Forest of Blean once formed a large arc to the north and west of Canterbury,
and the remaining woodland is amongst the richest of all Kent’s habitats for wildlife.
It has been co-evolving with local human populations since pre-Roman times. The Kent
Wildlife Trust has resumed the long-neglected traditional management technique of
coppicing the chestnut woodland — cutting areas of trees to the ground and allowing
them to regrow as multiple stems for future harvesting. This is done on a rotating
basis, in different areas each year. The trip will explore evidence of human settlement
and management over the last 2000 years in relation to plant ecology and topography.
Our guide will be Alexander Wheaton from the Blean Woods Research Group. This group
of enthusiasts has studied the Blean Woods for many years, and have just published
a book, 'The Blean' on the natural and archaeological interest of the Blean woods.
Date: Sunday 13 June
Duration: 2 hours, from 2.00 p.m.
Cost: £5 (or purchase of book 'The Blean' at reduced price of £10)
Maximum number: 20
Not included in the cost: local bus fare (approx. £2) to be paid on the
day
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up | pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Five years after returning from the voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin
and his young family moved from central London to a pleasant country home near the
Kentish village of Down. He lived here for forty years until his death in 1882. And
it was here at Down House that he raised pigeons, studied earthworms, performed elaborate
experiments with orchids and developed theories which have become the conceptual
cornerstones of biological science. It was here that he paced out his thrice daily
"sand walks" and wrote his books in long-hand. An area of dry valley near
their home was especially dear to the Darwin family. They called it "Orchis
Bank" in reference to the eleven species of orchids found there along with plants
such as toothwort, adders tongue and false oxlip. Irene Palmer is Honorary Warden
for the Downe Bank Reserve, as Orchis Bank is now known. She is a plant illustrator,
garden designer and photographer who also publishes on orchid pollination. She will
guide us in a walk around the Nature Reserve in the morning. After lunch we will
tour the house and gardens. (Please note that the walk around the nature reserve
is approximately 5 km. along uneven footpaths.)
Timetable:
08.30 Depart
10.00 Walk around Downe Bank Reserve
13.00 Lunch in Down House tea-rooms
14.00 Self-guided audio tour of Down House
16.30 Return to Canterbury (to arrive on campus between 17.30 and 18.00 in preparation
for the Welcome reception at 19.00)
Date: Sunday 13 June
Duration: Full day
Cost: £27.50
Maximum number: 29
Included in the cost: Transport, guided tour of the Downe Bank Reserve, entrance
fee and audio tour of Down House, and lunch
Not included in the cost: Afternoon refreshments if required
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up | pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Kew Gardens is a major centre for botanical collections and research, and is also
famous for its 130 hectares of historic gardens. The gardens and collections were
awarded World Heritage Site status in 2003. The tour will include behind-the-scenes
tours of research facilities, and ample free time to explore the Gardens, which contain
much of ethnobotanical interest.
Exhibits include the Plants+People exhibit, the Marianne North Gallery, and the great
greenhouses.
Please note: this trip would be suitable for those who wish to make a one-way trip
to London. Kew are able to provide luggage storage in the Jodrell laboratory, and
Kew is well-connected to central London by public transport.
Timetable:
09.00 Depart Canterbury
11.30 - 12.00 Light refreshments will be available in the Jodrell laboratory
12.00 - 12.30 A brief introduction from Professor Monique Simmonds to ethnobotany
at Kew, and relevant things to see in the garden
12.30 - 14.30 Free time in the gardens (during which you can buy lunch)
14.30 - 15.30 Optional tour of the Sustainable Uses Laboratories in the Jodrell Laboratory.
(Please indicate on the booking form if you wish to take this option.)
15.30 - 18.00 Free time in the gardens
18.00 Return to Canterbury (to arrive approx. 20.00)
Date: Friday 18th June
Duration: Full day
Cost: £22.50
Maximum number: 32
Included in the cost: Transport to and from Canterbury, entry to Kew
Gardens, light refreshments on arrival and an optional tour of the Sustainable Use
Laboratories
Not included in the cost: Lunch, which can be purchased in the Gardens
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up | Word format - US letter set-up | pdf
format - A4 set-up | pdf format - US letter
set-up
Kew web site: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/
Goodnestone Park and Mount Ephraim are country houses with extensive grounds and
beautiful gardens. They are both still lived in by the families for whom they were
built.
Goodnestone Park, the home of Lord and Lady Fitzwalter, was built in 1704. The fourteen
acres of gardens around the house include a walled garden, an arboretum, a woodland
garden and a formal parterre. Jane Austen fans should note that she was a frequent
visitor to Goodnestone Park, her brother having married a daughter of the house.
She began writing her novel, Pride and Prejudice, immediately after staying at Goodnestone
in 1796.
The nine acres of gardens at Mount Ephraim, laid out in Edwardian times, are at the
heart of an 800-acre estate devoted to fruit farming and grazing. Left almost derelict
after the Second World War, the current family have devoted much time and energy
to restoring the gardens to something of their former glory.
The trip will start at Goodnestone Park with a self-guided tour of the gardens, followed
by morning coffee. We will then travel to Mount Ephraim for a ploughman's lunch in
the tea-rooms. This will be followed by a tour of both the public gardens and the
productive orchards and soft fruit fields, conducted by the owner himself. After
the tour there will be a cream tea, followed by a chance to explore the gardens by
yourself, before returning to Canterbury in the early evening. Please note that although
the gardens are open to the public, the guided tour of the gardens, and access to
the productive fruit fields are not normally available to the general public.
Timetable:
09.00 Depart
09.30 Arrive at Goodnestone Park for a self-guided tour of the gardens
11.30 Refreshments
12.00 Depart for Mount Ephraim
12.30 Lunch at Mount Ephraim
13.30 Tour of gardens and fruit farm
16.00 Afternoon tea
17.30 Return to Canterbury
Date: Friday 18th June
Duration: Full day
Cost: £30.00
Maximum number: 32
Included in the cost: Transport, entrance fees, morning refreshments, lunch
and afternoon tea, and guided tour of Mount Ephraim
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up |
pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Web sites: http://www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk/
and http://www.mountephraimgardens.co.uk/
A visit to areas of the Cathedral precincts not normally open to the public. The
visit will include a guided tour of the Cathedral Library which include a number
of very rare herbals, a tour of the Archdeacon's garden, as well as afternoon tea
in the International Study Centre, which opens onto the Campanile garden. The Archdeacon's
garden contains elements of many early monastic buildings. These include a well-used
entrance to the monastery (11th century), the cellarer's hall where pilgrims were
fed, the great kitchen and the refectory where the monks ate (all 13th century).
A particular feature in the front garden is the late 14th century pentice - a fine
covered walkway for pilgrims to approach the monastery from the outside.
Timetable:
13.30 Meet outside the rear entrance to the cathedral and tour the Archdeacon's garden
15.00 Tour of the archives
16.00 Afternoon tea, after which you are free to tour the cathedral
Date: 18th June
Duration: Half day to start at 13.30
Cost: £14.50
Maximum number: 20
Included in the cost: Entry to the cathedral, a guided tour of both the archives
and the Archdeacon's garden, and afternoon tea
Not included in the cost: Transport to and from the university campus to the
cathedral (either a 20-minute walk, or a local bus)
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up |
pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Cathedral web site: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
The aim of the Eden Project is to promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to a sustainable future for all. Funded in part by the Millennium Commission the Eden Project holds 100,000 plants representing 5000 species from different areas of the world. These are housed in two 'biomes' showcasing the human use of plants from the humid tropics and Mediterranean climates as well as considerable outdoor displays in temperate Cornwall. This will be a 3-day visit and the cost of £160 includes stay at the three-star Edgecombe Hotel on Saturday and Sunday (dinner and breakfast included), transport by coach to Cornwall and to and from the site, lectures by Eden staff, and various tours including a 'behind the scenes' visit to the Eden nursery; as well as time to explore the biomes and the Eden site. Lunch will be provided at the Eden Project on both Saturday and Sunday.
**This trip provides a wonderful opportunity for access to the Eden Project not normally available to visitors**
Timetable:
Saturday 19th June - 9.00am departure from campus by coach to Newquay, which will
the base for the visit. After arrival in Newquay at approximately 4.00pm, your time
is your own, with dinner at 7.00pm.
Sunday 20th June - a full day of activities at the Eden project (including lunch),
before returning to Newquay in the evening (dinner at 7.00pm at the hotel).
Monday 21st June - another full day of activities at the Eden project (including
lunch). The coach will depart at 5.00pm approximately, and arrive in Canterbury between
midnight and 1.00am.
Date: 19th -21st June
Duration: 3 days
Cost: £160
Maximum number: 50
Included in the cost: All transport, entry to the Eden project (including
lectures and extra visits), two nights dinner bed and breakfast at the Edgecombe
Hotel in Newquay, and lunch at the Eden Project on Sunday and Monday
Not included in the cost: Lunch during the journey there,
and an evening meal during the journey back. The coach will be stopping at motorway
services en-route to enable refreshments to be purchased.
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up | pdf
format - A4 set-up | pdf format - US letter
set-up
Eden web site: http://www.edenproject.com/
Brogdale, only a few miles from Canterbury, is home to the National Fruit Collections,
the largest collection of varieties of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over
2,300 different varieties of apple, 550 of pear, 350 of plum, 220 of cherry, 320
varieties of bush fruits, as well as smaller collections of nuts & vines are
grown here in 150 acres of beautiful orchards. The visit will include a guided tour
of the collections either on foot or by tractor-pulled carriage followed by refreshments
in Brogdale's tea rooms. Please indicate on the booking form whether you wish to
take the walking tour or the tractor tour, and note that places on the tractor tour
are limited.
Date: 19th June
Duration: Half day
Cost: £17.50
Maximum number: 32
Included in the cost: Transport to and from Brogdale, entry into and guided
tour of Brogdale, and afternoon tea.
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up |
pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries' Garden, with
the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants. The location was chosen
as the proximity to the river created a warmer microclimate allowing the survival
of many non-native plants, such as the largest outdoor fruiting olive tree in Britain,
and more importantly, to allow plants to survive harsh British winters.
The Chelsea Physic Garden has developed a major role in public education focusing
on the renewed interest in natural medicine. A 'Garden of World Medicine' is laid
out together with a new Pharmaceutical Garden.
Date: 20th June
Duration: 3/4 day
Cost: £26.00
Maximum number: 19
Included in the cost: Transport, a picnic lunch, entry into the garden and
a guided tour
Not included in the cost: Refreshments other than lunch
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up | pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Quex House, home of the Powell-Cotton Museum, was built as a Regency gentleman's
country residence and grew to become the Victorian mansion it is today. Still home
to the Powell-Cotton family, it is surrounded by 250 acres of parkland and gardens.
Over the last few years much work has been done to return the gardens to their Victorian
splendour.
The museum was originally built to display Major Powell-Cotton's treasures. The eight
galleries contain an amazing variety of items from animal dioramas to striking tribal
art, weapons, carvings and costumes as well as valuable collections of European and
Chinese porcelain and local archaeology. What began as one man's museum has been
painstakingly cared for and added to by members of the Powell-Cotton family. This
visit will include a tour of both the gardens and the museum, and a traditional three-course
Sunday lunch
Date: 20th June
Duration: 3/4 day
Cost: £30.00
Maximum number: 30
Included in the cost: Transport, entry into and a guided tour of the gardens
and museum, and Sunday lunch
Booking Form: Word format - A4 set-up
| Word format - US letter set-up | pdf format - A4 set-up | pdf
format - US letter set-up
Museum web site: http://www.aboutbritain.com/powellcottonquexhse.htm
