We apologise that our original speaker for November 12th has had to cancel at the last minute. However, we're delighted to welcome Dr Kelly Hemmings from the Royal Agricultural University, who will present "The Royal Agricultural University Herbarium: bringing 'hidden' natural heritage to life" - revealing fascinating natural heritage spanning three centuries. Here are two links to webpages to To give you a flavour of our speaker and her subjects

Video ITV news https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAgUni/videos/1081073883095375/

Article Cotswold Life https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cotswold/24329263.royal-agricultural-university-digital-archive-plants/

Dr Kelly Hemmings is an Associate Professor of Ecology and Agroecosystems at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. Her specialist areas of teaching and research include plant ecology, natural history, vegetation science, conservation, and habitat classification. In particular, Kelly is interested in the plant communities of ancient woodland, arable land and grassland.

Currently, she is leading the cataloguing and digitisation of the Royal Agricultural University herbarium, a collection spanning the 18^th to 21^st centuries. This is an important and impactful project for the capture of natural heritage in order to inform future ecological management.