Press Review
09 May 2012 | Wikiagri.fr is a french community website aimed at policy makers of agricultural matters (in French)
http://wikiagri.fr/articles/le-18-mai-premiere-journee-internationale-de-celebration-des-plantes/132
02 May 2012 | ABC Rural (Australia): Fascination of Plants Day, 18 May 2012, interview with Arwen Cross (ACPFG)
24 March 2012 | Chile se suma al "Día internacional de la fascinación por las plantas"
http://servicios.universia.cl/universidades/noticias/161398/chile-...
22 March 2012 | CGNA organiza celebración del "Día Internacional de la Fascinación por las Plantas" en Chile
20 March 2012 | Ecsite e-news: Fascination of Plants Day, 18 May 2012, globally
16 March 2012 | Chile will join the "Fascination of Plants Day"
02 Feb 2012 | EMBO Encounters article on Fascination of Plants Day
24 Nov 2011 | CHRONICA HORTICULTURAE. Join..
CHRONICA HORTICULTURAE • VOL 51 • NUMBER 4 • 2011 • page 25
calls to join the "Fascination of Plants Day"
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24 Nov 2011 | ISHS meets EPSO
Jozef Van Asche, Executive Director of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), and Karin Metzlaff, Executive Director of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO), met at the EPSO office in Brussels on 19 October to get to know the two societies and discuss how to best collaborate.
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24 Nov2011 | Heard it through the grapevine
Inga Vesper (Research Europe) asked Karin Metzlaff, how she has managed to launch this global initiative just by spreading the word.
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11 Nov 2011 | Research Europe Today
First Fascination of Plants Day on 18 May 2012
Tania Rabesandratana
Twenty-seven countries have agreed to take part in the first “Fascination of Plants Day” on 18 May 2012.
Over 60 universities, botanical gardens and museums will organise public activities on themes including plant science, agriculture, gardening, forestry, plant breeding, conservation and biodiversity.
So far 24 European countries plus Australia, New Zealand and Japan have joined.
The event is organised by the European Plant Science Organisation, a lobby of plant science organisations in Brussels.
Fascination of Plants Day announcement (PDF)
04 Nov 2011 | EUROFOREST Portal
The European Forest Information Portal (EUROFOREST) propagates The Fascination of Plants Day
May 18, 2012, will be the First International "Fascination of Plants Day"
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