James Hitchmough, Professor of Horticultural Ecology University of Sheffield, UK - 11 May 2022

“Flora of Southwest Africa”
Between 2007 and 2018 James Hitchmough visited South Africa on a regular basis to explore the potential of its flora for climate change in Western Europe. He travelled extensively, often with Rod and Rachel Saunders of Silverhill Seeds in the Western Cape. His focus was on the highest natural distributions of herbaceous plants and geophytes that had potential for use in the UK as the climate of Southern England approaches that of current day Barcelona by 2050. In this talk he explores some of the areas and plants that he visited and what knowledge was gained on Western Cape plants.