Name: Caley Winter Talk: "Stars of the Celestial Mountains"
Start: 2025-02-04T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-04T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Lecture Theatre

"Stars of the Celestial Mountains: the floral highlights of the Tien Shan" - Frazer Henderson
About this Event

A pictorial celebration of the flora of the Tien Shan mountain range of Central Asia focussing on three distinct areas: the high alpine plants of the Song Kul plateau in Kyrgyzstan; the upland flower meadows of the stunningly beautiful Sary Chalek National Park in Kyrgyzstan; and the floral endemics of the Chimgan mountains in Uzbekistan.

Frazer Henderson is an active member of a number of horticultural and botanical societies, including the Scottish Rock Garden Club, the Alpine Garden Society, the Sedum Society, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, Plant Heritage and the Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society. A geographer and enthusiastic amateur botanist, Frazer has travelled extensively to address his interest in island flora, mountain flora and wild tulips and has lectured to and written for a wide range of organisations and publications.