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23/10/12 | Ardingly, UK

INQUIRE training day at Wakehurst Place: Moving from ‘Sage and Stage’ to ‘Engage and Discover.

22 participants from botanic gardens, zoos and other LOtC institutions attended the INQUIRE one-day training at Wakehurst Place on October 23rd, 2012. This was an introduction to IBSE from both theoretical and practical perspectives offering educators the opportunity to reflect on the pedagogies they use in their own institutions and considering adopting a more inquiry-based approach in the future.

19/10/12 | Alcalá de Henares and Madrid

Train the trainers course 2012 in Spain

New INQUIRE Train the Trainers Course: 28-29 November 2012.

News | Botany

19/10/12 | Oslo

New Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden: an Ongoing Thriller in Many Acts

The Botanical Garden in Oslo has two greenhouses (see photos on the left). They are beautiful, though not practical. For over eighty years there has been a struggle to get a new greenhouse. The current proposal is the "Oase 60 ° N" (see model in photo on the right).