Participants in Switzerland
In Switzerland, several institutions have already announced their interest to support Fascination of Plants Day 2012, see list and program below. They will organize events in order to create connections to plants and to show the importance of plant science to a wider public.
- Botanical Gardens
Basel, Bern, Davos Alpinum Schatzalp, Fribourg / Freiburg, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Zurich - Organization of botanical gardens of Switzerland
Hortus Botanicus Helveticus (information in German / French) - BOTANICA 2012, June 16 - 24
Week of the botanical gardens (French) - Schools
Primarschule Peters Basel, Grüne Schule Basel, Primarschule Rossfeld Bern, Collège de la Maladière Neuchâtel, Collège des Parcs de Neuchâtel, Schulhaus Mühlebach Zurich - University of Geneva
Department of Botany and Plant Biology - Research Station
Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) Wädenswil
Life Sciences and Facility Management - Technology Platform, ETH Zurich
Genetic Diversity Center - Other Organizations
Equiterre
Insektenwelten
Botanical Gardens
Basel - Botanischer Garten der Universität Basel
- May 8 - 28 - Exhibition
How plants are seen through children’s eyes
Primarschule Peters Basel
supported by: Grüne Schule Basel - June 19 - Special guided tour - focus medicinal plants (in German)
(Feierabendfürhungen, program 2012 (PDF))
17:00 & 18:30: Die Bestäubung von Blüten:
von ersten Entdeckungen zur modernen Wissenschaft
Prof. Andreas Erhardt - June 19-21 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Bern - Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern
- June 12 - August 31 - Exhibition
How plants are seen through children’s eyes
http://schulen.edubs.ch/ps/petersPrimarschule Rossfeld Bern, Klasse 2r
supported by: Kinderfreizeitangebot des botanischen Gartens,
see also Zaubergarten
Davos - Botanischer Garten Alpinum Schatzalp,
additional info here, program 2012 [PDF / 95 KB]
- August 25-26 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
Exhibition - guided tours - lectures
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Fribourg / Freiburg - Jardin Botanique / Botanischer Garten
- June 23-24 - Traveling Exhibition:
Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012 - June 23, 2012 - special lecture
by Marc Thiémard, druggist, Fribourg
17:30: 'Pflanzen und Pollenallergien' (lecture in German)
18:00: 'Plantes et Allergies aux Pollens' (lecture in French)
Geneva - Les conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
- May 18 - special guided tour:
Medicinal Plants in Current Reserearch
18:00 - 19:30 - Medicinal Plants in Current Reserearch (in French)
reservation required
+41 (0)22 418 5100, visites.cjb-at-ville-ge.ch
Meeting point: pavillon d’accueil, place Albert-Thomas.
See also events at University of Geneva,
Department of Botany and Plant Biology
flyer
- June 16-17 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Lausanne - Musée et Jardins botaniques cantonaux
- May 12-20 - Exhibition
How plants are seen through children’s eyes
Supported by the botanical garden and the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne - June 18-20 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Neuchâtel - Jardin botanique de l'Université et de la Ville de Neuchâtel
- May - October - Exhibition
How plants are seen through children’s eyes
Collège de la Maladière, classe 3p61
Collège des Parcs de Neuchâtel, classe 4FR43 - June 21-22 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Zurich - Botanischer Garten der Universität Zürich
for more information see also Youtube: Blüten und Bestäuber (2008), Mario Petsch
- May (to be announced) - Exhibition
How plants are seen through children’s eyes
Schulhaus Mühlebach Zurich
Supported by the botanical garden as well as the Institute of Plant Biology of the University of Zurich - June 16-17 - Traveling Exhibition: Medicinal Plants
in the context of BOTANICA 2012
Research Stations
Wädenswil - Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW
- June 3 - Conference (in German)
09:30 - 13:00: Breitenhof-Tagung 2012, more...
audience: stone fruit sector - June 13 (alternative date: June 19)
14:00 - 15:30: Garten der zweihundert Unkräuter, more...
reservation required until June 1
+41 (0)44 783 62 09, petra.bauer-at-acw.admin.ch - August 18 (in German) more...
09:30 - 13:00: Güttingertagung 2012
audience: professionals
Technology Platforms
Zurich - Genetic Diversity Center
Support of traveling exhibition on medicinal plants, set up by the Swiss Plant Science Web and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) - Life Sciences and Facility Management
Universities
University of Geneva - Department of Botany and Plant Biology
May 18, 2012
- 08:30 - 16:30 - open doors for schools
reservation required until March 31
theresa.fitzpatrick-at-unige.ch - 12:30 - 13:30 - "L'importance des plantes pour la vie humaine "
- talk by Prof. Jean-David Rochaix, University of Geneva - 18:00 - 19:30 - special guided tour in the botanical garden of Geneva (in French)
reservation required
+41 (0)22 418 5100, visites.cjb-at-ville-ge.ch
Universities of Applied Sciences
Wädenswil - Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) - Life Sciences and Facility Management
set up of the traveling exhibition on medicinal plants, in collaboration with the Swiss Plant Science Web
Other Organizations
Lausanne - Equiterre
May 18, 2012
- "Nature en ville" - urban safari
on the topic "Nature in the City"
Contact and registration: Joëlle Schreiber, schreiber-at-equiterre.ch, 021 341 41 10
more information
Davos - Insektenwelten
- July 9 - August 17 - Exhibition
Fascinating World of Insects
Interactions between insects and plants
Exhibition at Schweizerische Alpine Mittelschule Davos
