Jonathan Silvertown: The Myth and Magic of Plants
Jonathan Silvertown is an honorary Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh and President of the Botanical Society of Scotland.
UPDATED PRESENTATION: Thursday 18 December 2025 (Due to illness, the previously scheduled lecture will hopefully be rescheduled)
Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Date: Thursday 18 December 2025 Edinburgh, from 6:00-7:00pm – (Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available from 5:30 pm as usual)
Venue: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Science Building, 20a Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR
Venue Note: To access the lecture please enter via the Science Buildings main reception, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR. Note this is NOT the public entrance to the gardens. what3words ///ROPES.DINNER.CLUBS
UPDATED PRESENTATION Title: The Myth and Magic of Plants
Abstract: Plants do amazing things, though not quite everything you have heard about them is true. Here is an entertaining look at what is fab and what is fable.
BIO: Jonathan is an honorary Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh and president of the Botanical Society of Scotland. His research covers many topics from plant behaviour to plant communities, population dynamics and evolutionary ecology. He has written ten books, including a successful textbook on plant population biology. He now focusses on popular science, and his most recent title is Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A cooperative history of life from OUP, which was a 2024 New Scientist Book of the Year
