Plant Hunting in the Himalayas
In this talk, from the Gardens Trust, planthunter Mark Bobin takes us to North-East India and his expedition to study the plants, particularly rhododendrons, and the surroundings in which they thrive. The plan was to climb the hills of Mipi in the Himalayan, an area famous for various unexplored natural lakes and its wild fauna and flo-ra. Mark tells of the many twists and turns of his trip and how not everything went according to plan. Time: 10:30 GMT