George Forrest Talk
The Royal Botanic Gardens
Inverleith, Edinburgh
7pm
£3, £2 members
Scotsman George Forrest travelled to Yunnan in south-west China seven times between 1904 and 1932 to collect plants for British gardens, often risking his own life to do so. Hear Leonie Paterson recount his stories and adventures and see some of the incredible photographs he took on his travels, taken from the Botanics’ rich archives.
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£29.50George Forrest: Plant Hunter - Hardback -
This work, published to celebrate the centenary of George Forrest's first setting out for the mountains of Yunnan, brings the man to life, drawing on his own letters and those of his contemporaries. It tells of Forrest's adventures and his lengendary escape from death at the hands of warring lamas.