Wednesday, 13 July – Dr Maria Vorontsova Lawn grasses are small but they belong to the most important family of plants. Dr Maria Vorontsova, taxonomist at Kew Gardens, introduces herbarium taxonomy as carried out at Kew Gardens, its application to the study of evolution, and its relationship to our knowledge of British plants. The evening includes a practical…
Details of a packed programme of events being run by Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society as part of the ever-popular Croydon Heritage Festival.
An illustrated talk about the county of Northumberland.
Dr Ron Cox gives his final talk to the Society on the subject of local history and its evolution over the past 60 or more years.
![South Norwood Country Park, which contains remains of a moated site. [Wikimedia public domain: Pafcool2]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/countrypark2.jpg?w=150)
Wednesday 10th February – Richard Savage Richard talks about these hard to find places, including the site at South Norwood dug by the CNHSS in 1972.
John Hickman gives a talk about William Stanley and the Stanley Halls.
![Double arcading, Lincoln Cathedral [Photo: Mark Tyson]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/lincoln-1-of-1.jpg?w=150)
