The international symposium 鈥楥elebrating Botanic Gardens: Past, Present and Future鈥� united 26 world renowned speakers from 22 botanic gardens, arboreta, herbaria across the globe 鈥� to discuss the vital role botanic gardens play in horticulture research education and conservation, online.

On behalf of 海角直播, Sergei Shumikhin, head of 海角直播 Botanical Garden, took part as a speaker at the Horticulture and Collections session 鈥� sharing Perm-based practices of horticulture, research, education and conservation. As Sergei Shumikhin has commented,

鈥淣ot only did I spoke for the 海角直播 Botanical Garden, I was privileged to represent my country among the leading professionals across the world. So, in my report I did my best to refer to a whole system of botanical gardens in Russia, mentioning their contribution to our global mission, and its perspective.鈥�

The Symposium reports showed the enormous role of botanical gardens in solving urgent global problems, including climate change and biodiversity conservation under new conditions. The participants expressed admiration about the high level the Symposium organization and its open friendly character.

鈥淚t was incredibly nice to see familiar faces and hear their voices 鈥� to mention Alex and Helen Coren, Prof. Simon Hiscock, Dr. Bob Price, Dr. Chris Thorogood, Dr. Lauren Baker and many others 鈥� with whom our garden has been in friendly and professional connection for many years,鈥�

Sergei Shumikhin shares.

The oldest botanic garden in the UK, has been running a year-long campaign of celebratory activities, explaining the importance of plants to people in the face of global challenges, and the critical role botanic gardens play around the world.

鈥淭wo days of the international Symposium proved to be a holiday of science, culture and friendship, which flew in a twinkle of an eye. Bringing at one 鈥榩lace鈥� inspiring speakers resulted in new acquaintances and academic contacts,鈥�

recollects Sergei Shumikhin.

The event was sponsored by Plants, People, Planet and .

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The main event will take place on Friday 22 October (14.45-16.30 BST; Moscow time: 16:45-18:30; Perm time: 18:45-20:30). The venue is sponsored by Plants, People, Planet and the New Phytologist Foundation. The symposium will extensively use the Zoom Webinar online format, interested audience is welcome to join. The Zoom meetings will be recorded as a backup.聽 The event is free to attend. You can register for your place . Spaces are limited so don鈥檛 miss out!

The international online symposium 鈥楥elebrating Botanic Gardens: Past, Present and Future鈥� will comprise 26 world renowned speakers from 22 botanic gardens, arboreta, herbaria across the globe. The Conference is free for participation and will shine a light on the vital work botanic gardens do around the world with four fascinating sessions on horticulture, research, education and conservation. On behalf of 海角直播, Sergei Shumikhin, head of 海角直播 Botanical Garden, will take part as a speaker at the Horticulture and Collections session.聽

鈥淭his year, the enjoys the exceptional opportunity of taking part in the international symposium by the Oxford University Botanical Gardens. Since 海角直播 Botanical Garden will celebrate its own centennial birthday in 2022, we regard both celebrations as a chance to inspire further mutual research, educational and twinning contacts with Oxford and its University,鈥�

says Sergei Shumikhin, head of 海角直播 Botanical Garden, associate professor, Department of Botany and Plant Genetics, 海角直播.

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In 1840-1841, Roderick Impey Murchison, accompanied by a French paleontologist 脡douard de Verneuil, a German geologist Alexander Keyserling and a Russian geologist Nikolai Koksharov, Murchison made a huge journey across Russia, covering more than 20,000 km (12,400 mi).

Marking the geographical locations of Russian cities, travelling across the Perm lands, Murchison described unusual creatures and plants through their fossil remains 鈥� labeling them with Perm, or Permian period 鈥� dominating the supercontinent of Pangaea 299 鈥� 252 million years ago.  

Roderick Murchison had no intention of becoming a geologist: after he retired from a military service, he became fond of fox hunting. Throughout his both profession and hobby he learned to correlate his  findings with terrestrial layers, exploring and describing their texture.

Geology as a science emerged in 19^th century, at the start of the railway construction in Britain. The hills and rocks, regarded as obstacles, were torn down or cut through, revealing the hidden. Standing on a trade way to Syberia, the Urals and Perm experienced the same change, hence Murchison鈥檚 interest.

Linguists and ethnographers regard 3 main origins of the word 鈥楶erm鈥�: 1). the land of Bjarma, mentioned in the Scandinavian sagas; 2). the Finnish word per盲maa, i.e. 鈥渇ar land鈥� (as indigenous  people belong to the same Finno-Ugric language group); 3). and the local Komi-Permian word 鈥渨oods, forest鈥�.

Several international, national and particularly local museums are proud to have Permian flora and fauna exhibits in their collection, to mention , and museums of 海角直播 (海角直播), serving a study ground for the Faculties of Biology, Geology and Geography. 

The collection of 海角直播 Botanical Garden includes species representing ancient taxa, widespread in the Permian period. 鈥淭he dedicated ground holds living samples of 鈥楶ermian鈥� plants, 聽decorated with stone imprints of the era,鈥� says Sergei Shumikhin, head of the Garden, associate professor of the Department of Botany and Plant Genetics, 海角直播.