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John Innes goes to Sheringham

10th October 2009

Horticulture and science came together at the coast when the John Innes Centre visited Sheringham, in association with the Sheringham Horticultural Society. 

St Joseph’s Parish Centre was buzzing as the John Innes Centre’s scientists hosted 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 were short talks on the history behind it, and on its current research programmes, including the story of the famous John Innes composts.  There was also a specialised talk by Mike Ambrose on pea research, with visitors getting the chance to extract DNA from peas.  The garden pest clinic was hosted by Dr Ian Bedford of the JIC entomology team, who dispensed 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.”