Mission Statement: To encourage and support the study and promotion of the botanical sciences within Bermuda.

The Bermuda Botanical Society

Visiting Horticulturalist Presentations

Monday January 27 2025 at LLC, Bda College, 12 pm

Limbe Botanical Gardens, Cameroons

 

Tuesday January 28 2025, at BAMZ 7 pm

Everything we need is right here 

From composting techniques, seed saving of local varieties and use of natural materials, horticulture provides all  our essential requirements and is set to play a huge role in sustainability, particularly  as our planet’s resources become more limited. This talk intends to look at  the practical methods we can practise to secure life’s essentials. 

 

Saturday February 1st Horticultural Hall, Bda Botanical Gardens 10 am

Adapting to Climate Change

 

 

Chris trained and worked at Edinburgh, Kew, and Limbe Botanic Gardens. He has worked as head gardener at Westminster Abbey and Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic. He is a specialist in amenity horticulture, park management, garden design and maintenance, biodiverse and organic methods, soft landscaping and planting plans including school garden design, and is a popular community, school and professional workshop presenter.

and a tree

by Kate Wakeling

and a tree is a promise
safe-kept by a seed,
and a tree is a dance
that is swung by the breeze,

and a tree is an engine
spinning only on air
and water and light;
nothing lost, nothing spare,

and a tree is a king
who is topped with a crown,
(and a tree never once
loses touch with the ground)

and a tree is a home
with numberless doors,
and a tree is a world
for an ant to explore,

and a tree is a gift
(for a tree is a lung)
and a tree is a song
that is whispered and sung
by the bees and the birds,
and in rustles and creaks,
yes, a tree is a song
that is sung without words,

and a tree is a lesson
in the meaning of roots,
and how out of the mud
swell the sweetest of fruits,

and a tree is a story
of hope and repair,
or perhaps more a question;
a wish or a prayer,
for a tree (plus a tree)
shows us how we might share,

and when we should grow
and when we should sleep
and what we could lose

and what we must keep.

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