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International Diploma Courses |
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International Diploma Courses - Sharing skills, building capacity
Resources
Museum No 1 training suite
The main training suite, which was opened in 1998, occupies the first floor of one of Kew's famous heritage buildings - Museum No 1. This building is located close to the world-famous Palm House and the entrance to the Gardens at Victoria Gate. Museum No 1 was originally built as a museum of economic botany and still houses an exhibition called 'Plants+People'. The training suite, which overlooks the Palm House, consists of 2 large well-equipped lecture rooms, a computer facility with 12 workstations and a small kitchen area, as well as a library resource room.
Herbarium training room
The Herbarium Techniques Course is based in the training room in the Herbarium. There are computer facilities and a tea room nearby.
Kew's botanical collections
Within its glasshouses, gardens, herbarium building and laboratories, Kew has world-renowned collections of living plants, herbarium specimens and economic botany raw materials and products, as well as an unrivalled botanical library.
Wakehurst Place and the Millennium Seed Bank
All the International Diploma Courses spend time at Wakehurst Place, Kew's sister garden in Sussex. The collection of living plants there complements the collection at Kew with its contrasting environmental conditions. Course participants will also visit the Millennium Seed Bank which represents a global collaborative plant conservation initiative.