Nature’s Colony: Singapore Imperial Botanic Gardens by Timothy Barnard
Join Timothy P. Barnard for the backstory on the Singapore Botanic Gardens, which was an exemplary site for colonial botany. Scientists sent from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew worked in the institution – founded in 1859 – to identify Southeast Asian flora while also acclimatizing foreign species to support efforts to promote plantation agriculture in the region.
Time: 10:00 BST
