'Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams and the Making of Kew' - Kate Teltcher

Kate gives an illustrated talk on the Victorian culture of palms and Kew’s Palm House from her book of the same title.  The book was chosen as a Times and New Statesman Book of the Year.

Kate is a writer, academic and researcher specialising in travel accounts, colonial writing, botanic gardens and lexicography. She is Emeritus Fellow of the School of Humanities at the University of Roehampton, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and Honorary Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The evening will include a plant sale of both common,  rare and unusual plants grown by Surrey Group Members, a raffle and the opportunity to enter the 'Flower of the Meeting Competition'. 

Doors open 7:00pm talk starts 7:30pm

Refreshments will be available.

If you are unable to join us physically in Cobham but would like to join us this talk will be given via Zoom.  An invitation will be sent out to all Surrey Group Members for whom we hold an email address a few days before the talk.  If you are not a Surrey Group Member, but would like to join us for the talk, it is available for free to all Plant Heritage members and a suggested donation of £5 to the Surrey Group for non-members. 

If you would like to join us via Zoom or would like some further information please contact us at surreyph@gmail.com