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Upcoming Events:
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18 June 2024 "Invention of Nature", Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria @ 5pm click here for info
24 June 2024 'Invention of Nature", conference Crossing Boundaries - The Anthropocene, Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie, Jena, Germany, click here for info
22 November 2024 "Invention of Nature", Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Beutenberg Campus, Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung, Jena, Germany, evening
Past Events:
8 May 2024 "Invention of Nature", Garden Club of America, Dallas, TX
13 April 2024 “Magnificent Rebels”, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, GA
26 March 2024, "Magnificent Rebels", How to Academy, Ladbroke Hall, London
16 March 2024 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Wochen der Romantik in Dresden, Stadtmuseum Dresden (Landhaus), Germany
15 March 2024 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Thalia Buchhandlung Jena at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
14 March 2024 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Kulturzentrum Romantik Bad Rehburg, Rehburg-Loccum, Germany
13 March 2024 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Hochschule-und Kreisbibliothek Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Sankt Augustin, Germany
12 March 2024 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Universitätsbibliothek Marburg (with Buchhandlung Jakobi), Marburg, Germany
10 March 2024 "Invention of Nature, in conversation with Marc-Christoph Wagner, Historiske Dage, Denmark
9 March 2024 "Magnificent Rebels", in conversation with Tore Leifer, Historiske Dage, Copenhagen, Denmark
26 February 2024 Botanic Gardens: Past and Future, Andrea Wulf & Sathnam Sanghera in conversation, 5x15, online
27 January 2024 Andrea Wulf and William Ospina in conversation with Natalia García Freire about Alexander von Humboldt, Hay Festival Cartagena, Colombia
26 January 2024 "Magnificent Rebels", in conversation with Misha Glenny, Hay Festival Cartagena, Colombia
23 January 2024 "Humboldt and Nature", in conversation with Sergio Dahbar, Hay Forum, Museo del Canal, Panama City, Panama
12 December 2023 "Invention of Nature", Royal College of Art, London
8 December 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", with Paolo Giordano, PLPL Rome Book Fair, Italy
6 December 2023 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", University of Copenhagen in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Dänemark & Gads Forlag, Denmark
4 December 2023 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich, Germany
4 December 2023, "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Montagsforum, Europäischen Akademie für Geschichte und Kultur, Dornbirn, Austria
21 November 2023, in conversation with Isabel Behncke, Teatro del Lago, Frutillar, Chile
12 November 2023, "Magnificent Rebels", in conversation with Misha Glenny, Puerto de Ideas Festival, Valparaiso, Chile
11 November 2023, "Invention of Nature", Puerto de Ideas Festival, Valparaiso, Chile
14 October 2023, "Invention of Nature", Bellevue Botanical Garden & Heronswood Garden Symposium
5-9 October 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Kardamyli Festival, Greece
7 - 8 September 2023 "Invention of Nature" & "Magnificent Rebels", Hay Festival Queretaro, Mexico
1 July 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Chalke Valley History Festival
20 June 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Santa Fe Institute, public lecture in association with The Santa Fe Institute Collective Intelligence Symposium, Santa Fe,
28 May 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Hay Festival, Wales, UK
3 May 2023 "Invention of Nature", UMKC’s Spring Cockefair Lecture, University of Missouri, Kansas City
21 April 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Night of Philosophy, Groningen, NL
31 March 2023 "Invention of Nature", Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
30 March 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington DC
27 March 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
15 March 2023 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Romantikerhaus @ Zeiss-Planetarium, Jena, Germany
2 March 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Linnean Society, London
1 March 2023 "Invention of Nature", Royal College of Arts, London
26 January 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Fernwood Botanical Garden, IN
10 January 2023 "Magnificent Rebels", Esri, Redlands Forum, Redlands, CA
25 November 2022 "Als das Ich erfunden und die Natur vermessen wurde", Andrea Wulf and Daniel Kehlmann, Weltmuseum Wien together with IWM, Vienna, Austria
23 November 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", British Library, London, UK
18 November 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Münchner Bücherschau, Germany
17 November 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Weimar Klassik, Weimar, Germany
16 November 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Erfurter Herbstlese, Hugendubel, Erfurt, Germany
14 November 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Dussmann KulturKaufhaus - KulturBühne, Berlin, Germany
8 November 2022 "Magnificent Rebels', SPUI25 annual lecture, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 November 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Buchhandlung Wenner, Marienkirche, Osnabrück, Germany
31 October 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Göttinger Literaturherbst, Göttingen, Germany
27 October 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Germany
20 October 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
15 October 2022 "Fabelhafte Rebellen", Harbour Front Festival, Lichthof der Staatsbibliothek, Hamburg, Germany
7 October 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", Jay Heritage Center, Rye, NY
5 October 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA
3 October 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", The Commonwealth Club, SF, online
30 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
29 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", The Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI
28 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", Goethe-Institut, New York, NY
27 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, Ohio
21 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", German Embassy, Washington, DC
20 September 20022 "Magnificent Rebels", Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
14 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels, Boston Athenæum, online event
13 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", Middleton Place and Charleston Library Society, Charleston, SC
5 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", 5 x 15, online
2 September 2022 "Magnificent Rebels", How to Academy, London
2 August 2022 "Invention of Nature", Santa Fe Institute Community Lecture, Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM
3 May 2022 "“Alles hängt mit allem zusammen: Auf den Spuren von Humboldt und der Geschichte des Naturbegriffs”, Johannes Gutenberg Vorlesung mit Antje Boetius, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
16 February 2021 "The Invention of Nature", Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM
27 October 2021 "The Invention of Nature", Cátedra Europa, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
9 April 2021 'The Invention of Nature', HHS/HPS Workshop, University of Chicago
20 March 2021 “The Invention of Nature”, Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles, MI
19 March 2021 'Founding Gardeners. Politics, Nature, and the roots of Environmentalism in the Early Republic', German Embassy DC and German Centre for Research and Innovation NY
17 March 2021 'Founding Gardeners', New Orleans Garden Club of America’s Zone IX Meeting, New Orleans, LA
15 March 2021 "The Invention of Nature", The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
8 March 2021 'The Invention of Nature', EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
17 December 2020 "The Invention of Nature", AGU Fall Meeting, US
6-8 Nov 2020 "The Invention of Nature", Puerto de Ideas Festival, Valparaiso, Chile
21 October 2020 “The Invention of Nature”, Columbus Botanical Garden, Columbus, GA
23 September 2020 “The Invention of Nature”, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
23 February 2020 "The Invention of Nature", Lyngby Non–Fiction Festival, Denmark
22 February 2020 "The Invention of Nature", Nationalmuseet København, Copenhagen, Denmark
30 January - 2 February 2020 "The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt", Hay Festival, Cartagena, Colombia
29 January 2020 "The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt", Hay Festival, Medellin, Colombia
5 December 2019, Weltbodentag 2019 (World Soil Day): “Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur”, Fachtagung „Mit Alexander von Humboldt zu den gemeinsamen Wurzeln des Boden- und Naturschutzes“, Geschäftsstelle der Kommission Bodenschutz beim Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany
27 October 2019, "Alexander von Humboldt", Opening Ceremony of the World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany
17 October 2019 'The Invention of Nature', 9th Humboldt Award Winners‘ Forum, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
9 October 2019 ‘The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt’s New World’, German Embassy Washington DC
6 October 2019 'The Invention of Nature', Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
5 October 2019 'The Invention of Nature', PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) together with German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2 October 2019, 'The Invention of Nature', Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
1 October 2019 'The Invention of Nature', Duke University, Durham, NC
26 September 2019 "Die Erfindung der Natur. Alexander von Humboldt zwischen Kunst und Wissenbchaft", keynote speech, "Geliebtes Grün, gelebtes Grün: ist Identifikation mit Stadtgrün planbar?”, Bundesinstituts für Bau, Stadt- und Raumforschung und des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat, Bonn, Germany
15 September 2019, "Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt", Erlangen, Germany
13 September 2019, "Alexander von Humboldt. Kunst, Wissenschaft und Abenteuer", Humboldt Forum, Berlin
9 September 2019 "The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt”, Berliner Salon, German Embassy, London
30 June 2019 “The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt”, Exhibition-Road-Festival, Natural History Museum, London
28 June 2019 Award Ceremony for Lichtenberg-Medaille and lecture ''Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur’, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Aula der Universität Göttingen, Germany
21 June 2019 'Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt', Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Berlin
20 June 2019 'The Invention of Nature', Symposium "From Humboldt to the Anthropocene", Leopoldina. Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Halle, Germany
19 June 2019, 'Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur’, Leopoldina. Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Halle, Germany
15 June 2019, 'Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur’, Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, IPK Gatersleben
3 June 2019 'The Adventurers of Alexander von Humboldt", How to Academy, London
1 June 2019 'The Adventurers of Alexander von Humboldt", Hay Literary Festival, Hay, Wales
28 May 2019 "Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt', Literatur Haus Hamburg, Germany
27 May 2019 "Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt', Literatur Haus Munich, Germany
20 May 2019 'The Adventurers of Alexander von Humboldt.", Royal Institution, London
10 May 2019 'The Invention of Nature', Portland Garden Club, Topic to be confirmed, Portland, Oregon,
8 May 2019 "The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt", Esri / Redlands Forum, Redlands, CA
7 May 2019, 'The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt", Huntington Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA
5 May 2019, 'The Invention of Nature', Indianapolis Museum of Art & Newfields' Horticultural Society, Indianapolis
1 May 2019, 'The Invention of Nature', Bedford Garden Club, John Jay Homestead, Bedford, CT
29 April 2019, 'The Invention of Nature', Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
26 April 2019, 'Founding Gardeners', Town of Hillsboro Virginia and the Old Stone School Preservation Trust, Hillsboro, VA
19 April 2019 'The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt', The New York Botanical Garden, New York
28 March 2019 "Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt", Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Germany
21 March 2019 'Die Abenteuer des Alexander von Humboldt', Leipziger Buchmesse, Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
22 Februar 2019, 'Alexander von Humboldt und die Erfindung der Natur', Museum für Naturkunde „Wissenschaft im Sauriersaal“, Berlin, Germany
6 December 2018 'Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur', Aurelia Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
26 November 2018, 'Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur' GeoComPass (Geographische Gesellschaft Passau), Passau, Germany
27 November 2018, 'Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Natur' GeoComPass (Geographische Gesellschaft Salzburg), Salzburg, Austria
8-11 November 2018, 'The Invention of Nature', Hay Festival, Arequipa, Peru
24 October 2018, 'The Invention of Nature', Arne Naess Symposium, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway
20 October 2018, 'The Invention of Nature', Southern Garden Symposium, St. Francisville, LA
18 October 2018, 'The Invention of Nature', Eighth Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecturer, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
11 October 2018, Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County, Spokane, WA
9 October 2018, ‘The Invention of Nature’, Mobile Botanical Gardens, supported by The Stokes Center for Creative Writing, University of South Alabama and Mobile and Baldwin County Master Gardeners, Mobile, AL
29 September 2018 'The Science and Art of Gardens', Cliveden Literary Festival, Cliveden House, UK
14 August 2018 Alexander von Humboldt. Die Erfindung der Nature, Andrea Wulf in conversation with Denis Scheck, Schloss Elmau, Krün, Germany
30 May 2018 'The Invention of Nature', Andrea Wulf in conversation with Gaia Vince, Science Museum, London
11 May 2018 'The Invention of Nature', Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
8 May 2018 'The Invention of Nature', Ringling College Library Association & Gulf Coast Conservation Foundation, Sarasota FL, Sarasota Opera House
2 May 2018, 'The Invention of Nature', Omaha, NE, private event
19 -20 April 2018 'The Invention of Nature', Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
15 April 2018 'The Invention of Nature', Washington Crossing Park, Washington Crossing, PA
10 April 2018 'The Invention of Nature', University of Ohio, Athens, OH
5 April 2018 ‘Invention of Nature’, Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT
4 April 2018 ‘Brother Gardeners’, President's Lecture Series, Missoula, University of Montana, MT
4 April 2018 ‘Invention of Nature', President's Lecture Series, University of Montana, MT
27 March 2018 ‘Invention of Nature', Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
17 October 2017 ‘Founding Gardeners’, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA
16 October 2017 'The Invention of Nature. Humboldt, Art and Science', California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
15 October 2017 'The Invention of Nature. Humboldt's Latin American Exploration', Huntington Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA
12 October 2017, Little Rock Garden Club (GCA), Little Rock, AR
10 October 2017 'Founding Gardeners', The Garden Education Center of Greenwich, Cos Cob, CT
5 October 2017 "The Invention of Nature, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
4 October 2017 "The Invention of Nature', The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
8 September 2017 'The Invention of Nature' & 'Reforms: On the Distinction between the Arts and Science', Hay Festival, Queretaro, Mexico
20 September 2017 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Hamburg Harbour Festival, Kuhne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany
16 July 2017 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Andrea Wulf und Neil MacGregor treffen Alexander von Humboldt, Deutsches Theater, Berlin
27 June 2017 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Andrea Wulf und Neil MacGregor treffen Alexander von Humboldt, Literaturhaus Stuttgart (Mod.: Denis Scheck), Germany
18 June 2017 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Andrea Wulf und Neil MacGregor treffen Alexander von Humboldt, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Germany
16 May 2017 ‘Founding Gardeners’, Dolley Madison Legacy Luncheon, Montpelier
10 May 2017 'Founding Gardeners', The Wistar Institute, hosted at the Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia
5 May 2017 'The Invention of Nature', art&garden (Triangle Arts and Culture League), Colonial Williamsburg
2 May 2017 'The Invention of Nature', Garden Club of Palo Alto (GCA), CA
2 May 2017 'Founding Gardeners', Marin Arts & Garden Center, Ross, CA
28 April 2017 'Founding Gardeners', Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
23 April 2017 "Founding Gardeners", Historic Christ Church, Weems, Virginia
19 April 2017 'Founding Gardeners', Bedford Garden Club, NY
13 April 2017 'The Invention of Nature', Kenyan College, Gambier, OH
12 April 2017 ‘The Invention of Nature’, Miami University, Oxford, OH
11 April 2017 'The Invention of Nature', Mercantile Library and The Nature Conservancy, Cincinnati, Ohio
10 April 2017 'Invention of Nature', The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities at Yale University, New Haven, CT
9 April 2017 'Founding Gardeners', Washington Crossing Park, Washington Crossing, PA
7 April 2017 'The Invention of Nature', Geographical Review Lecture at Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers (AAG), Boston, MA
5 April 2017 'Founding Gardeners', Annapolis Horticultural Society, MD
4 April 2017 'The Invention of Nature', Boca Grande Community Center, Boca Grande, FL
12 March 2017, lit.COLOGNE 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Andrea Wulf und Neil MacGregor treffen Alexander von Humboldt, Schauspiel Köln im DEPOT 1, Cologne, Germany
24 March 2017, Leipziger Buchmesse, 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Andrea Wulf und Neil MacGregor treffen Alexander von Humboldt, Grassi Museum
15 February 2017, 'The Invention of Nature', Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University
25-29 January 2017, 'The Invention of Nature', Hay Festival, Cartagena, Colombia
24 January 2017 Magnolia Garden Club, Beaumont, TX (GCA)
6 December 2016 'Die Erfindung der Nature', Literaturhaus Munchen, Germany
5 December 2016, 'Being a Humboldt', An Evening with Andrea Wulf and Neil MacGregor, Part of the Humboldt Forum Series "Open the Box. Be Humboldt", Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany
2 December 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Annual Founder's Day Lecture, Linnean Society, London
30 November 2016 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Buchhandlung Osiander, Tubingen, Germany
16 November 2016 "The Invention of Nature", The Garden Conservancy, New York
15 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', The Garden Education Center of Greenwich, Cos Cob, CT
14 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', The Gunnery, Washington, CT
12 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
10 November 2016, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
9 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
8 November 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Maryland Horticultural Society, Baltimore
7 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Kline-Bowman Institute for Creative Peacebuilding, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
5 November 2016 'The Invention of Nature', for the Adkins Arboretum at The Academy Art Museum, Eastern, MD
4 November 2016 'Brother Gardeners', Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, DE
3 November 2016 Award Gala for 'James Wright Award for Nature Writing' (Kenyan Review & Nature Conservancy), New York
2 November 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Boca Grande Garden Club, FL
28 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Explorit Science Center, Davis, CA
27 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Humanities Center at California State University, Chico, CA
26 October 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Northwest Horticultural Society, Seattle, WA
24 October 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
22 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, OR, afternoon
21 October 2016, "Founding Gardeners", Montelindo Garden Club, Orinda CA
20 October 2016, "The Invention of Nature', Orinda Garden Club (GCA), Orinda, CA
19 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, CA
19 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Piedmont Garden Club (GCA), Piedmont, CA
17 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', University of California Riverside, Palm Desert, CA
17 October 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Rancho Mirage Library, Rancho Mirage, CA
14-15 October 2016 Southern Garden Symposium, St. Francisville, LA (14 October Brother Gardeners & 15 October Founding Gardeners)
12 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Garden Club of America Zone Meeting, Charlottesville, VA
6 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Iowa City Book Festival & University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
5 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
4 October 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Keynote Lecture, Humanities Center Series, Rochester University, NY
25 September 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Hay Festival Segovia, Spain
22 September 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Springtime Forum, Terschelling, Netherlands
16 September 2016 'Die Erfindung der Natur', Alexander-von-Humboldt-Tag, Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany
27 August 2016 The Invention of Nature, Edinburgh International Book Festival
23 July 2016 The Invention of Nature, Curious Arts Festival, Pylewell Park, Hampshire
6 July 2016, The Invention of Nature', Primrose Hill Summer Lecture, St Mary's Church, London
2 July 2016, The Invention of Nature, Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire @ 3.15pm
27 June 2016, The Invention of Nature, Esri User Conference, Keynote Speaker, San Diego, CA
11 June 2016, The Invention of Nature, Balham Literary Festival: A Way of Being in the World Festival, Dulwich, London
6 June 2016, Brother Gardeners, Cardiganshire Horticultural Society and Welsh Historic Gardens Trust, Aberystwyth, Wales
5 June 2016, The Invention of Nature, Hay Festival, Wales
29 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Natura Artis Magistra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Concord Museum, Concord, MA
21 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA
20 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', The New York Botanical Garden, NY
19 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, NC Unit, Herb Society of America, Greensboro, NC
18 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC
17 May 2016, Founding Gardeners, The Garden Club of St. Louis, MO
16 May 2016 The Invention of Nature, St. Louis Round Table, MO
15 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, NJ
12 May 2016, The Invention of Nature, Stonington Garden Club (GCA), CT
11 May 2016, 'Thomas Jefferson and Founding Gardeners', Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
10 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
9 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI
7 May 2016 'Founding Gardeners, Triennial Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, Colonial Williamsburg, VA
4 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Kansas City Public Library, Kansas, MO
3 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA
2 May 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Centre, Chattanooga, TN
1 May 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Malaprop's Bookstore, Asheville, NC
28 April 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, FL
25 April 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Monticello, Opening Talk for Virginia Garden Week, Charlottesville, VA
22 April 2016, The Invention of Nature, Ecologic Institute US, DC
19 April 2016, The Invention of Nature, New Canaan Library, CT
18 April 2016, 'Founding Gardeners', U.S. Naval Academy Chapter of Sigma Xi Research Society, Annapolis, MD
17 April 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Foundation of the State Arboretum at Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA
16 April 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Cincinnati Flower Show Cincinnati, OH
15 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Fort Worth Garden Club (GCA), TX
14 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Georgetown Garden Club (GCA), Washington, DC
13 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', The Tatnall School, Wilmington, DE
12 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', The New York Society Library, New York
9 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Olana, Hudson, NY
7 April 2016 'Brother Gardeners', Lauritzen Gardens and Loveland Garden Club (GCA), Omahah, NE
5 April 2016 'Founding Gardeners', Garden Club of Palo Alto (GCA), CA
5 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, CA
4 April 2016 'The Invention of Nature, Redlands Forum, Redlands, CA
22 March 2016, 'The Brother Gardeners', The American Women's Club of London
21 March 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', lecture for invitees of Kew Gardens, the Natural History and the Science Museums, London
15 February 2016, 'The Invention of Nature', Royal Geographical Society, London
14 February 2016, The Invention of Nature, Darwin Memorial Lecture, Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
11 February 2016 'The Invention of Nature', Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University, Oxford
10 February 2016 'The Invention of Nature, Anglo-Peruvian Society, London
18 January 2016 'The Invention of Nature', 5 x15, Tabernacle, London
25 November 2015 'The Invention of Nature', University of Trier, Germany
23 November 2015 'The Invention of Nature', Chelsea Arts Club, UK
18 November 2015 'The Invention of Nature', British Library, London, UK
13 November 2015 'The Invention of Nature', Buxton Festival, Buxton, UK
3 November 2015 "The Invention of Nature', How to Academy / Globalista, London, UK
16 October 2015 'The Brother Gardeners", Bartram Trail Conference, Palatka, FL
13 October 2015, The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf in conversation with Eleanor Harvey (Smithsonian American Art Museum) & Neil Safier (John Carter Brown Library), Washington College, Chestertown, MD
10 October 2015, 'The Brother Gardeners', Special Collections Library, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
8 October 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
6 October 2015, "The Brother Gardeners", Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
5 October 2015, "The Invention of Nature", Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
2 October 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, DE
1 October 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Rumson Garden Club (GCA), Middletown, NJ
30 September 2015 'The Invention of Nature', @ New York Academy of Medicine Library with Columbia University, NY
28 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Horticulture @ Cornell Seminar Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
24 September 2015, "The Invention of Nature", Charleston Society Library, Charleston, SC
23 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', University of South Carolina, The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Library and co-sponsors the Thomas Cooper Society and Explores Club, Natural History Program, Columbia, SC
22 September 2015, "The Invention of Nature", Piedmont Garden Club, The Plains, VA
21 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', German Embassy, Washington, DC, private event
20 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Historic Annapolis, MD
17 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
16 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Mount Vernon, Evening Book Talk, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, VA
15 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Colonial Williamsburg, VA
13 September 2015, 'Founding Gardeners', LSU Hilltop Arboretum and East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Baton Rouge, LA
9 September 2015, "The Invention of Nature", Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
8 September 2015, "The Invention of Nature", University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
6 September 2015, 'The Invention of Nature', Knox Museum, Thomaston, MA
5 September 2015 'The Invention of Nature', Library of Congress National Book Festival, DC
18 May 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Conservators Forum, New York Public Library, NY
22 April 2015 'Brother Gardeners', The Garden Club of Georgia (GCA), Atlanta, GA
15 April 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Annual Americana Lecture for the American Museum in Britain, New York, NY
15 April 2015 New Canaan Garden Club (GCA) and Darien Garden Club (GCA), CT
14 April 2015 'Brother Gardeners', Garden Club of Hartford (GCA), CT
13 April 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Stonington Garden Club (GCA), CT
10 April 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Dallas Garden Club (GCA), Dallas, TX
9 April 2015, 'Founding Gardeners', Georgetown Garden Club (GCA), Washington, DC
22 January 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Orinda Garden Club (GCA), Orinda, CA
21 January 2015 'Brother Gardeners', Piedmont Garden Club (GCA), Piedmont, CA
18 January 2015 'Founding Gardeners', Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, NJ
19 November 2014 'Brother Gardeners', University of Trier, Germany
22 & 23 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
21 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', NC Unit, Herb Society of America, Greensboro, NC
20 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Charlotte Garden Club, NC
18 October 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Switzerland County Historical Society, Vevay, Indiana
15 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Woodside Atherton Garden Club (GCA) and Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Club (GCA), CA
13 October 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
12 October 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
11 October 2014 'Chasing Venus', Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA
8 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Albemarle Garden Club (GCA), Charlottesville, VA
8 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Valley of Virginia Herb Guild, Lexington, VA
7 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', The Hunting Creek Garden Club (GCA) and The Garden Club of Alexandria (GCA), Alexandria, VA
5 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', The General Henry Knox Museum, Thomaston, ME
4 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', The Vaughan Homestead, Hallowell, ME
1 October 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Cornell Plantations, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
29 September 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Porter County Master Gardeners Association, Valparaiso, IN
28 September 2014 'Brother Gardeners', The North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
21 June 2014 'Chasing Venus', Also Festival of Ideas , Compton Verney
29 June 2014 Historian's Question Time BBC Radio 4 at Chalke Valley History Festival
29 June 2014 'Chasing Venus', Chalke Valley History Festival
22 May 2014 'Founding Gardeners', The American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK
8 April 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Col. John Streett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Baltimore, Maryland
6 April 2014 'Brother Gardener', Foundation of the State Arboretum at Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA
5 April 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
3 April 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
29 March 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, NC
27 March 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Callaway Gardens, GA
25 March 2014, 'Founding Gardeners', Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH
22 March 2014 'Humboldt and John Muir', John Muir Symposium, John Muir Center, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
21 March 2014 'Brother Gardeners', Fort Worth Garden Club, TX
7 February 2014 'Founding Gardeners', Dorset Gardens Trust, UK
22 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Fairfield Garden Club (GCA), CT
17 October 2013 'Chasing Venus', Colonial Williamsburg, VA
16 October 2013, 'Brother Gardeners', The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
15 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Four Seasons Garden Club of Dayton, Ohio
10 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Piedmont Master Gardener, Charlottesville, VA, USA
9 October 2013 'Chasing Venus', International Center of Jefferson Studies, Monticello, VA, USA
8 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Greenwich Garden Club (GCA), Hortulus Garden Club and Green Fingers Garden Club (GCA), Greenwich, CT
7 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', The Garden Club of New Haven (GCA), CT
5 October 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Master Gardeners Association New Jersey, Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
3 October National Scociety of Colonal Dames in The State of Illnois, Chicago, IL
30 Sept - 2 Oct 2013 four talks on 'This Other Eden', 'Brother Gardeners', 'Chasing Venus' and 'Founding Gardeners' @ Revolutionary Gardens Conference, Fountain Point Inn & Club, Lake Leelanau, MI
27 Sept 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Colloquium, Agrarian Studies Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
21 August 2013 'Brother Gardeners', British Library Summer Scholars, British Library, London
11 August 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
10 August 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA
8 Aug 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Nantucket Atheneum, MA
19 July 2013, 'Revolutionary Gardens', Woody Plant Conference, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
30 June 2013, 'Brother Gardeners', Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire
13 June 2013, 'Brother Gardeners', Hever Castle, Kent, UK
5 June 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Colonial Williamsburg Cultural Expeditions, Patron Travel, London
19 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Lesneski lecture, Concord Museum, MA, USA
15 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Northland College, Ashland, WI, USA
14 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, USA
13 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
11 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Mount Vernon, VA, USA @ 7pm
8 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Edenton Historical Commission & Edenton Garden Club, Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton, NC
7 March 2013, 'Chasing Venus', Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL, USA
6 March 2013, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, co-sponsored by the Davis Arboretum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
2 March 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Daughters of the American Revolution, San Francisco, CA, USA
27 February 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', University of the Pacific library, co-sponsored by the John Muir Center and Phi Beta Kappa, Stockton, CA, USA
21 February 2013, 'Founding Gardeners', Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
24 January 2013 'Founding Gardeners', University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford
22 January 2013 'Brother Gardeners', Dorset and South Wiltshire branch of the Lambeth Garden Museum
21 January 2013 'Founding Gardeners', Royal Gardens Kew, London
11 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Blandy Experimental Farm and the State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, VA
10 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
8 November 2012 'Chasing Venus', Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
7 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Brazos Forum, Waco, TX
7 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Mary K. Craig Class, Dallas, TX
6 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Lake Forest Garden Club (GCA), Chicago
4 November 2102 'Founding Gardeners', Tryon Palace, New Bern, NC
3 November 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, NC
1 November 2012 'Chasing Venus', Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland
27 October 2012, 'Founding Gardeners', Devenish Group, Lambertville, NJ
3 October 2012 'Chasing Venus', Salon, London @ Adam Street Member's Club
26 September 2012 'Chasing Venus', lecture for invitees of Kew Gardens, the Natural History and the Science Museums, London (not open for the public)
24 September 2012 'Chasing Venus' Benjamin Franklin House Annual Symposium, Eccles Centre, British Library, London
25 August 2012 Voewood Festival, Norfolk, UK
1 August 2012 'Chasing Venus' Nantucket Atheneum, co-sponsored with the Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket, MA, USA
11 July 2012 'Chasing Venus', Salon North, Harrogate International Festivals
5 June 2012 TRANSIT DAY US, talk 'Chasing Venus' AND viewing of the transit of Venus, Kitt Peak National Observatory, AZ
1 June 2012 'Chasing Venus' American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, USA
31 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' The New York Society Library, New York, USA
30 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, USA
29 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA
25 May 2012 'Founding Gardeners', Switzerland County Historical Society, Vevay, Indiana
24 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN, USA
22 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE, USA
20 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD, USA
20 May 2012 'Founding Gardeners' Historic Annapolis, Inc, Annapolis, MD, USA
19 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Mosby Heritage Area Association at James Monroe's Oak Hill, Aldie, VA, USA
18 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' The Mount Vernon Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 May 2o12 'Chasing Venus' Kungliga Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), Stockholm, Sweden
4 May 2012 'Chasing Venus' Royal Society, London, UK
15 March 2012: 'Founding Gardeners' The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum, Charleston, SC, USA
13 March 2012 'Founding Gardeners' The Blount Mansion Association, Knoxville, TN, USA Knoxville Museum of Art
10 March 2012 'Founding Gardeners' Green River Area Extension Master Gardener Association, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
9 March 2012 Friends of the Parks of Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
8 March 2012 Spencer Lecture, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL, USA
7 March 2012 Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
6 March 2012 Davidson Horticultural Symposium, Davidson, NC, USA
1 March 2012 Garden Club Seattle (GCA), Seattle, USA @ 7pm at the Museum for History and Industry
4 November 2011 James Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg, VA, USA @ Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
3 November 2011 Randolph College’s Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall, Lynchburg, VA, USA organised by Poplar Forest and co-sponsored by Hillside Garden Club, Lynchburg Garden Club, and Randolph College
2 November 2011 James Madison University, Department of Integrated Science and Technology and Augusta Garden Club, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
29 October 2011 Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA
28 October 2011 Lexington Historical Society and Garden Club of Lexington, Lexington, MA
27 October 2011 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX, USA
10 October 2011 Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham, UK
25 September 2011 Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, USA
22-24 September 2011 Conference Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes, Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
21 September 2011 The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
19 September 2011 Benjamin Franklin House Annual Symposium, Eccles Centre, British Library, London
9 June 2011 Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
8 June 2011 The New York Society Library, New York, USA
7 June 2011 Spring Lake Public Library, New Jersey, USA
6 June 2011 The Garden Club America (GCA), New York, USA
2 June 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden together with Garden Club of St Louis and Ladue Garden Club, St Louis, USA
28 May 2011 Martha's Vineyard Garden Club (GCA)& Polly Hill Arboretum, Martha's Vineyard, USA
26 May 2011 Massachusetts Historical Society together with the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, USA
25 May 2011 Blithewold Mansion Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol, RI, USA
22 May 2011 Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia, USA
21 May 2011 Edge of the Woods, Nursery for Native Plants, Orefield, PA, USA
19 May 2011 Ft.Bend Master Gardeners, Sugar Land Garden Club (GCA) and Texas Rose Rustlers at Sugar Land Community Center, Houston, Texas, USA
18 May 2011 Chicago Botanic Garden, USA
13 May 2011 Royal Oak Foundation Lecture "Revolutionary Gardeners: Britain, America and the Seeds of Exchange", at Filoli, CA, USA
12 May 2011 Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, USA
10 May 2011 Royal Oak Foundation Lecture "Revolutionary Gardeners: Britain, America and the Seeds of Exchange", at Denver Botanic Gardens, CO, USA
5 May 2011 Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1 May 2011 Royal Oak Foundation Lecture "Revolutionary Gardeners: Britain, America and the Seeds of Exchange", at Gunston Hall, VA, USA
29 April 2011 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA
28 April 2011 Daughters of the Cincinnati & Colonial Dames, New York, USA
26 April 2011 Mosby Heritage Area Association at James Monroe's Oak Hill, Aldie, VA, USA
25 April 2011 Adkins Arboretum, Easternshore Maryland, USA
21 April 2011 The Garden Club of Georgia (GCA), Atlanta, GA, USA
20 April 2011 Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN, USA
19 April 2011 US Botanic Garden, Washington DC, USA
18 April 2011 Monticello, VA, USA
17 April 2011 Montpelier, VA, USA
16 April 2011 Mount Vernon and American Horticultural Society, VA, USA @ Mount Vernon
14 April 2011 Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
13 April 2011 Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
12 April 2011 Greater Greenville Master Gardeners , Greenville, SC, USA
11 April 2011 South Carolina Midlands Master Gardeners Association, Columbia, SC, USA
7 April 2011 Middleton Place, Charleston, SC, USA
6 April 2011, The Woman's Club, Richmond, VA, USA
5 April 2011 The Mount Vernon Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 March 2011 De Ferrieres Lecture, Friends of the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
24 March 2011 Georgian Group, London
10 February 2011 Chelsea Physic Garden, London
11 November 2010 The Colonial Dames of America, Jacksonville, FL, USA
11 November 2010 Jacksonville Historical Society, FL, USA
11 May 2010 Monticello, Virginia, USA
8 May 2010 EU Day, UK Embassy Washington DC
6 May 2010 Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
5 May 2010 Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA
4 May 2010 Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Maryland, USA
30 April 2010 Southern Garden History Society Annual Meeting, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA
28 April 2010 Daughters of the Cincinnati, New York, USA
15 March 2010 Charlottesville Area Tree Stewarts @ New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, USA
17 February 2010 Friends of Croydon Libraries, London
2 February 2010 Patrons of the British Library, London
22 November 2009, Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians at the School of Architecture, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, 4pm. Conference Room, 2nd Floor
22 October 2009, Research Seminar " 'Their Temple was Liberty Tree' America and Britain, late 18th century Politics and Garden Design", Victoria & Albert Museum, London
22 September 2009, Benjamin Franklin House, London
6 June 2009 Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 June 2009 Ralph Brown Draughon Library & Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
23 May 2009 Historic Plant Center, Tufton, Virginia, USA
13 May 2009 ICJS Monticello, Virginia, USA
4 May 2009 American Friends of the Georgian Group, New York, USA
4 May 2009 Horticultural Society of New York, New York, USA
3 May 2009 Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia, USA
1 May 2009 English Speaking Union, Washington DC, USA
1 May 2009 US Botanic Garden, Washington DC, USA
29 April 2009 American Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA
16 March 2009 Royal Geographical Society
5 March 2009 Bath Literary Festival
26 January 2009 Stony Stratford Literary Festival
17 October 2008 Global Arts Conference, Museum of History of Science (Oxford) and Warwick University
16 October 2008 Cheltenham Literary Festival
25 August 2008 Edinburgh Literary Festival
14 July 2008 Review Book Shop Peckham
27 May 2008 Hay Festival of Literature
14 May 2008 Chelsea Physic Garden, London
6 May 2008 Georgian Group, London
25 April 2008 Royal Society, London
22 April 2008 Royal Botanic Garden Kew
31 January 2007 Annual Lecture Friends of Greenwich Park, London
8 January 2007 Chelsea Physic Garden, London
13 November 2007 Kit-Cat Club, London
16 June 2006 Friends of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
26 November 2005 Peak Festival of Writing
23 October 2005, Off the Shelf. Literary Festival, Sheffield
13 October 2005, Cheltenham Literary Festival