Winter Lecture 2025: Simon Hiscock

Professor Simon Hiscock is Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum.
This inaugural Winter Lecture of 2025 will follow the story of the Oxford Ragwort, including it's links to the Oxford Botanic Garden.

 

Thursday 23 January
19:00–20:30

Professor Simon Hiscock
"The Oxford Ragwort Story"

 
Thursday 6 February
19:00–20:30
Guy Shrubsole
"The Lie of the Land: Who really cares for the countryside?"

 

Thursday 20 February
19:00–20:30
In conversation with Alice Vincent
"Why Women Grow"
 
Thursday 6 March
19:00–20:30
Anne Swithinbank
"Gently Rewilding the Garden"
 
Tuesday 20 March
19:00–20:30
Cleve West
"The Garden of Vegan"
 

Our Winter Lecture series invites speakers from the world of horticulture, botany and beyond.
All talks take place in the Lecture Theatre at Oxford University's Museum of Natural History, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PW (directions).
Tickets are £20 per talk. These lectures are live-only events and will not be recorded.
A drinks reception will take place after the lecture from 20:00 until 20:30 in the beautiful surroundings of the Museum.

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic options will be available.
Tickets are available until the week before the event.