A festive workshop for plant lovers to make a herbarium sheet to a scientific collection standard with the museum's curators.
Festive Plant and Rant runs at Leeds Discovery Centre on Wednesday 16 December, from 6pm to 8pm. It's aimed at plant lovers, and the main thing you'll get out of it is your own herbarium sheet made to a scientific collection standard, which you'll put together working alongside the museum's curators.
If you've ever wondered how those pressed plant specimens in museum drawers actually get made, this is where you'll find out. A herbarium sheet isn't just a plant stuck to a page; it's a record that follows a specific scientific standard, and the curators will be there to show you how to do it properly. You'll be working with them throughout the session, so you're not just left to figure it out on your own.
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The whole thing sits within the adult talks, tours and workshops programme at Leeds Discovery Centre, a venue whose offering is inspired by the museum's collection of 1.3 million objects. It's one of those evenings that lets you get a bit closer to how the museum actually works, rather than just looking at what's on display. The session runs from 6pm to 8pm on Wednesday 16 December.
