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Plant Galls Workshop
Bookings via the World Museum events page – tickets are £7.50.
The aim of this workshop is to introduce participants to the discovery of plant galls and their diversity of types on a range of different host plants. Participants will learn what to look for in the field, how to collect specimens and will be guided through identification using the FSC Keys and microscopes. This workshop will be a mix of indoor and outdoor sessions at Marbury Country Park, Northwich.
There will be a Plant Galls webinar with Peter Shirley on zoom the week before this workshop (1st September). This will provide a background to the subject before attending the in-person workshop – book here
Our tutors: Tommy Root is gall recorder for the London Natural History Society and a professional ecologist. He has been an active member of the British Plant Gall Society (BPGS) for many years. He is the current BPGS chair. Sam Buckton is the Vice Chair of the BPGS. He is currently a Research Assistant with the University of York’s FixOurFood project and Yorkshire Plant Gall Recorder for the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union.
Access: There are accessible footpaths throughout the site.
Adults only (18+)
