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 .

We invite you to join us and @OBGHA for their free, online #symposium 鈥楥elebrating Botanic Gardens: Past, Present and Future鈥� in which we will explore the vital role botanic gardens play in #horticulture #research #education and #conservation. ! 

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 total, 409 translations from 337 participants from 54 schools and lyceums, 4 secondary schools and 5 universities of Perm and Perm Territory have been registered for the competition. Other national participants included Primorsky Territory, Karelia, Udmurtia, Khabarovsk and Saratov Territories.

In 2021, the Competition marked the 25^th anniversary of Perm-Oxford twin sister relations. The tasks for the contest had been handpicked by Ms. Karen Hewitt, Professor at St. Antony鈥檚 College, University of Oxford, a holder of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for establishing academic and cultural links with Russia.

Besides students in Languages and Literature, participants from non-linguistic faculties (to name Geology, Chemistry, Geography, Mechanics and Mathematics), as well as schoolchildren were challenged by modern English authors, previously not translated into Russian: 鈥淭he Day You Lost Her鈥� by Julia Darling, 鈥淩each鈥� by Rachel Seiffert, 鈥淗eadlong鈥� by Michael Frayn.

鈥淭hanks to competitions alike, our students and schoolchildren are capable to reveal their creative and translation potential. In addition, the competition helps to better understand contemporary British reality and promote the image of the University as an active participant in the public life of the region,鈥�

notes Svetlana Polyakova, Competition organizer, Associate Professor at the Department of Linguodidactics and the Department of English Language and Intercultural Communication, Perm English Language Teachers鈥� Association (PELTA).

To remind, Perm-Oxford twin cities relationship started with university exchange as early as 1989. For years, 海角直播 has been hosting numerous delegations from Oxford. Today, 海角直播 confidently competes with leading Russian and world universities, providing a variety of English language-related courses and exchange visits, with an assistance by . In 2019, the Oxford University has granted 海角直播 the Gold Standard Internship Host sign.