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Plant Science events at Over the Garden Wall 2025

Activity: Other activity typesPublic engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition

Description

As part of the Over the Garden Wall 2025 events at V&A Dundee, plant scientists from the Division of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences and the James Hutton Institute shared their research through a series of events:
- Garden Power: a family-friendly drop-in event with table-top activities. Activities were extraction of DNA from soft fruit, plant pathology, make your own badge, soil safari, and face-painting
- DNA Daffodil Project: pop-up showcasing the DNA Daffodil schools project and the follow-on barley iTag project
- Commonwealth Potato Collection pop-up and talk

Additional contributor to the event: Ana Kalachikova
Period1 Nov 2025
Degree of RecognitionRegional

UN SDGs

This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  4. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land