About the Talk
While women are widely celebrated in the names of plants, their influential work on expanding our knowledge of plant life has often been undervalued or forgotten. In this talk, Chichester-based author Caroline Ball introduces the remarkable women behind her new book — from adventurers who trekked across hazardous terrain in search of the unknown to those who made discoveries no further than their own backyards. Some came to botany from financial necessity, others were driven by insatiable curiosity. Their stories are a revelation.
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About the Speaker
Caroline Ball is a Chichester-based author with a particular interest in plants and their history. Her 2020 book Heritage Apples won the Garden Media Guild's Practical Book of the Year, and her latest, Twenty Women Botanists: A Hidden History of Plant Pioneers, is published by the Bodleian Library, Oxford in Spring 2027.
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Doors open at 1.45pm talk starts at 2.15pm Tickets £8.50 including teas and coffees.