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Tutor: Gwenda Kyd
Date: Tuesday 01 September 2026
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Cost: £40
Location: Classroom


We have used plants in every part of our lives throughout history and wherever we are in the world. From a source of materials for building and making things to providing us with food and medicines, we have found ways to utilise our plant neighbours. Today, we understand much more about how and why plants have proved so useful. This workshop will explore some of these beneficial plants looking at why and how we’ve used them and also look forward at the prospects for their further uses. Weather permitting, we’ll visit a few of the plants growing in the Garden.

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If you need to cancel your booking, please inform the Learning Office in writing as soon as possible at 1 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE or email education@botanic.cam.ac.uk The cancellation is effective from the date that your written confirmation is received. If you cancel with more than 4 weeks' notice we will refund your balance less 20% to cover administration. For cancellations made with less than 4 weeks' notice we regret that we are unable to make any refund unless we can fill your place on the course. If we are able to fill your place we will refund your balance less 20% to cover administration.

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