Illustrated Talks given by Dr Peter Llewellyn
Dr Peter Llewellyn gives talks about Natural History - mostly about wild flowers. They are illustrated Power point talks typically with 50 to 80 colour slides of plants referred to in the talk. The talks can be tailored to the audience and have been given to local village societies, natural history societies, W.I., gardening groups as well as to those with a more botanical interest such as The Wild Flower Society or B.S.B.I. Talks last about 1 hour.
A few of these talks are already available on YouTube channel run the by The Wild Flower Society.
The talk titles and brief descriptions are as follows:
1 The Extraordinary Flowers of Western Australia
Western Australia is a botanical hot spot with about 11,600 native species and 1,300 alien species of vascular plants. The talk covers unusual pollination methods and text-book defying reproductive structures, adaptation to bush fire, parasitic plants orchids and photos of some of the special species.
2 Terrestrial Orchids of Britain, Ireland, Europe and Western Australia
This is a brief tour of the huge range of terrestrial orchid species (orchids which grow out of the ground rather than epiphytes which grow in trees) together with an explanation of typical orchid reproduction which is very different from other plants.
3 Flowers of the Russian Caucasus
The Russian Caucasus is a relatively unspoiled area where neither industry nor agriculture has hugely affected the environment. The talk shows some of the wonderful flowers which can still be seen growing in profusion in the countryside there.
4 Flowers of the Mediterranean
The talk concentrates on the flowers of the countryside bordering the Mediterranean in Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey including many which are grown in our gardens.
5 Butterflies in your garden and the countryside
A look at the life cycles of a few common British butterflies found in Spring, Summer and Autumn with hints on planting to encourage butterflies.
6 Alpine flowers of Britain and Europe
A guide on where you can find Alpines including Arctic alpines in England, Wales, Scotland, the Alps and the Pyrenees - if you are physically fit enough.
7 Finding the Snowdon Lily
A tale of my struggle to find one of Britain's rarest plants and the various flowers I found during the search. This is now available on the Wild Flower Society's YouTube channel. The Wild Flower Society YouTube Channel
I provide my own projector extension cables etc. but can link from my lap top to one in the hall provided if required. I can use lapel microphones if available and required. I live in the north of England and will travel up to 60 miles from Chester.