Botanical Insights - Women in Botany

Women in Botany

This pictorial display runs through January and will review the accomplishments of a selection of brilliant, single-minded female botanists in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
It will touch on, amongst other things: their artistic and technical expertise in portraying plants; their detailed knowledge of plant species; and their achievements in botanical publishing, botanical field exploration, fossil plant [palaeobotany] discovery, and high-level scientific research.

The work of these botanists had direct far-reaching benefits on the economic development of their respective countries, conservation management of land and aquatic ecosystems, and higher education.
You will meet some of them in the display.

This display is in the Treehouse Visitor Centre, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā. You can visit anytime during opening hours (9am-4pm weekdays, 10am-3pm weekends and public holidays).

This display is created by Reg Harris who is a volunteer guide [botany] at Wellington Botanic Garden.
Reg delivers botany lectures for diverse audiences, delving into plant interactions, adaptive radiation, tropisms, and more. As a dedicated volunteer guide at Wellington Botanic Garden (WBG), he pioneered collaborations between WBG and Victoria University, organizing annual field labs for biology students. Expanding in 2023, the program engaged around two hundred students yearly. Reg, a former forester in Western Southland, managed vast beech forests and explored sustainable practices in Japan. His background in Regenerative Medicine, studies at the University of Otago and Australian National University, and post-graduate business studies at Victoria University enrich his interest in botany and sciences.