A short introduction to ferns / Saniaiset (tour in english)
Aika
20.5.2023 klo 14.00 - 15.00
Ferns have been a major feature of our planet’s plant life for even longer than flowering plants, bulbs, and conifers. Did you know they originated about 360 million years ago in the late Devonian epoch, predating all the dinosaurs!
Welcome to the tour with David Stokes.
- David will lead you through the many kinds of ferns and fern allies on display through the different biomes found within the greenhouses.
- He will explain the different ways ferns can reproduce, grow and can survive.
- He will tell you about the amazing fern craze, or pteridomania that gripped Britain in the 1800’s, where young ladies and gentlemen went on weekend fern hunts to decorate their homes and gardens with ferns.
- As well as explain different ways you can grow ferns in Finland.
- Also, he will describe how ferns help to tell the story of plant evolution. Why ferns are important to ecology and how they help to maintain the soils, humidity, and integrity of our world’s forests.
Buy the tickets online from the Botanic Garden web page. Max. 15 person per tour.
Welcome to the tour with David Stokes.
- David will lead you through the many kinds of ferns and fern allies on display through the different biomes found within the greenhouses.
- He will explain the different ways ferns can reproduce, grow and can survive.
- He will tell you about the amazing fern craze, or pteridomania that gripped Britain in the 1800’s, where young ladies and gentlemen went on weekend fern hunts to decorate their homes and gardens with ferns.
- As well as explain different ways you can grow ferns in Finland.
- Also, he will describe how ferns help to tell the story of plant evolution. Why ferns are important to ecology and how they help to maintain the soils, humidity, and integrity of our world’s forests.
Buy the tickets online from the Botanic Garden web page. Max. 15 person per tour.