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Discover John Innes in Sheringham

6th October 2009

Horticulture and science are coming together at the coast when the John Innes Centre will be visiting Sheringham, in association with the Sheringham Horticultural Society. 

On Thursday 15th October St Joseph’s Parish Centre will be buzzing as the John Innes Centre’s scientists will be hosting a Garden Pest Clinic, as well as exhibitions and talks on the work at the research centre, which is currently celebrating its centenary.

As well as an exhibition on the John Innes Centre, there will be short talks on the history behind it, and on its current research programmes, including the story of the famous John Innes composts.  There will also be a specialised talk by Mike Ambrose on pea research, with visitors getting the chance to extract DNA from peas.  The garden pest clinic will be hosted by Dr Ian Bedford of the JIC entomology team, who will be dispensing advice on how best to tackle garden pests.
 
Sarah Wilmot, Outreach Curator at the John Innes Centre, said “We were delighted to be invited by the Sheringham Horticultural Society to take our centenary exhibition to North Norfolk. The launch events in September were based in Norwich; this event will bring our work closer to home for people living near Sheringham and Cromer.”

The exhibition opens at 10:30am, with the talks starting at 15:30.  Entrance is free and there is no need to book. 

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