Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations and Cultural Changes

From the symposium website:

"Smithsonian Botanical Symposium 2004,
in Conjunction with Dumbarton Oaks and the United States Botanic Garden:

How did major developments in botany and horticulture impact gardens, gardening, landscaping, agriculture, and science? How did these disciplines depend upon ongoing social and cultural changes? And, more importantly, how did botany and horticulture contribute to larger changes in social and cultural practices? In order to examine the potential impact on the fields of botany and horticulture of modern changes in scientific and cultural practices, presentations at this symposium will offer broad perspectives, relating large botanical and horticultural changes to the cultural, social, economic, and political context throughout history. For example, major changes in plant introductions, techniques of domestication and cultivation, breeding practices, and the naturalization of exotics, as they relate to important changes in society, and to far-reaching cultural transformations will be explored."

The conference takes place from May 6-8, 2004 in Washington, DC. Registration details will appear on the web site in January 2004.

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Smithsonian Botanical Symposium

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:19 AM on January 30, 2004