Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference
Description
This conference, organised collaboratively between Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Linnean Society of London, looked back at the place of trees in European culture (trees in popular literature and arts): why do they hold such a special place in our culture? How has this been expressed through words and paintings? It also looked at how our gaze upon trees has transformed, with the realisation that trees are instrumental to our sense of belonging, well-being and happiness, and at the influence of other societies that have looked at and looked after trees in different ways.
The day meeting constituted three panels through the day