EAS Nancy Garden Visit

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We’re excited to announce the sign up for our next event! Join us on Friday 20th + Saturday 21th of June in Nancy for an exclusive visit of the rich and historical collections of Jardin botanique Jean-Marie-Pelt in Nancy, France. There will be guided visits of the aroid collections, tours of the garden and several lectures from world-famous botanists such as Marc Gibernau, Patrick Blanc and Tom Croat! Famous Ecuadorian aroid vender Ecuagenera will be selling aroids all day on Friday and Saturday.

The registration for this event is open here. The registration fee is €4 for members and €19 for non members for both days, with complimentary breakfast. Lunch and dinner at the garden will come at a small cost (~€40 total). If you are travelling from abroad, we recommend you to arrive in Nancy on Thursday evening before the event.

The program:

Friday, June 20th 2025, 8 :30 a.m. – 7 :00 p.m

8:30 a.m. Registration. Welcoming french breakfast. Vendor (Ecuagenera*) set-up and sales

9:00 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks by EAS president David Scherberich

9:20 a.m. Guided tours tropical collections and private greenhouses (2h)

11:20 a.m. Coffee break

11:40 a.m. Lecture: David Prehsler

12:30 a.m. Group picture & lunch at the Citrus Square in the botanical garden

2:00 p.m. Lecture: Patrick Blanc

3:30 p.m. Lecture: Marc Gibernau

4:20 p.m. Coffee break. Book dedication with Deni Bown.

4:40 p.m. Web lecture: Elmar Hentz

5:30 p.m. Free tours tropical collections (1h30)

7:00 p.m. Dinner at the Citrus Square in the botanical garden

 

Saturday, June 21st 2025, 8 :30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m

8:30 a.m. Welcoming french breakfast. Vendor (Ecuagenera*) sales

9:00 a.m. Guided tours tropical collections and private greenhouses (2h)

11:00 a.m. Coffee break. Book dedication with Deni Bown.

11:20 a.m. Lecture: Steve Frank 

12:10 a.m. Lecture: Stijn Stappaerts

1 :00 p.m. Lunch at the Citrus Square in the botanical garden & Plant exchange

2 :30 p.m. Free tours tropical collections or outside gardens (1h)

3 :40 p.m. Lecture: Heiko Hentrich

4 :30 p.m. Lecture: Tom Croat

6:00 p.m. Closing speech, cocktail

*Ecuagenera stands will be available all day long from Friday 20th until Sunday 22nd June

 

About the garden

The botanical garden has a rich aroid history, with a current collection of 855 living accessions of aroids in 71 genera, Geneviève Ferry, horticulturalist par excellence and frequent field assistant of Tom Croat, worked in this garden until her retirement. Board member Douglas Tavares now cares for the living collections. The garden was the host of the 10th Aroid Conference in 2009 and its living collections helped describe several species new to science, such as Anthurium barrieri and Philodendron pierrelianum.