Flowers are the reason many people create gardens, but plants don’t produce blooms for our benefit. Instead, flower production enables plants to share their genes and produce the next generation. Join Dr. Ross Bayton, director of the celebrated Heronswood Garden in Kingston, WA, as he examines the varied reproductive strategies of flowers, ferns, and conifers. He will provide fascinating insights that are particularly valuable to gardeners seeking to better understand the life cycles of plants and how to propagate their favorites.

Speaker Bio:

London-born botanist, taxonomist, plantsman and gardener Dr. Bayton received his Ph.D. in plant taxonomy from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His intensive research and fieldwork in Kenya, Madagascar and Burkina Faso led to a revision of the Borassus genus (palm). He is the author of several books, including “New Trees: Introductions to Cultivation” (with John Grimshaw), “Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists” (with Simon Maugham), and most recently “The Gardener’s Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names.” Ross was the gardening editor of the UK’s best-selling gardening periodical, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine. He joined Heronswood in 2017 as a botanist and became director in 2022. When not there, he is cultivating his five-acre home garden in Bremerton.

Recording will be sent within 24 hours of event and will be available for 4 weeks.