Swapping seed diversity from then and now
Museum für Naturkunde: Seed and plant exchange on 1 April, 2 to 5 pm
On Friday, 1 April, from 2 to 5 pm, the Museum of Natural History is organising a seed and plant exchange for gardening enthusiasts. Home gardeners, small gardeners and flower pot gardeners are invited to bring seeds and plants to exchange and preserve. Anyone wishing to offer larger quantities can register for a swap table on 0371 488 4555 or by e-mail: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de.
In addition to pure, regional seeds, participants can also exchange personal experiences in the garden and be inspired.
At the end of the swap meet, museum director Prof Dr Ronny Rößler will report on the geological development of seeds and fruits in his lecture "How nature came up with seeds". He will take the audience on an entertaining journey of discovery through millions of years to find out how, when and why seeds became established as the most successful means of reproduction on earth.
To this day, they continue to impress from the garden on our doorstep to the extremes of our planet - from the ice tundra, the hottest deserts, the salty shores of strangled bays to the high mountains. But what is the secret of seed plants, what makes them so much better than all other plants, and how do we measure their success? Why did they alone colonise areas where nothing could grow before them?
Tip:
On 1 April - the first Friday of the month - admission to the Museum für Naturkunde and the Staatgutbörse is free for everyone.