LECTURES

DR. S. B. FURNESS

LIST OF TALKS

Sex Among the Flowers - An unusual talk, fully illustrated by stunning close-up photography, and full of interest and humour.

How NOT to Build a Rock Garden - The none too serious cautionary tale of how I built my own garden and how you can benefit by avoiding my mistakes.

Capturing the Beauty of your Garden - The follow-up talk to "Sex Among the Flowers", explaining how the Photographs were taken, how you can make a lasting record of seasonal changes in your own garden and how photography can add a new dimension to gardening.

Gone to Seed - Continuing the theme of "Sex Among the Flowers", to explain what happens next and how we can get the best out of our seed.

Lessons from Nature - A look at the way natural rock formations and our native alpines can help to inspire the design of a rock garden and also in understanding how to build a trouble free rock garden.

Troughs and Trough Gardening - How to make, plant and look after Troughs and suggestions for some choice plants to grow.

Beginners Guide to Digital Photography

Gardens of Derbyshire

Tufa and Tufa Gardening

Also talks on a number of other specific subjects such as Mosses, Ferns, Grasses and the Taxonomy of Difficult Plant Groups, and individual genera of alpines such as Sempervivums, Jovibarbas etc.

If required I am able to provide a screen, projector, and stand.

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