Open Data Fortnight 2026 : Data, Plants and Prints: Exploring Roscoe's Lost Botanical Collection
Tue, Nov 03
|City Campus Library, Liverpool John Moor
Mindful Garden: Data, Plants and Prints: Exploring Roscoe's Lost Botanical Collection This session begins with a short talk exploring how researchers used data to reconstruct Liverpool's historic William Roscoe Collection, once one of the world's most significant botanical assemblages.
Time & Location
Nov 03, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
City Campus Library, Liverpool John Moor, 79 Tithebarn St, Liverpool L2 2ER, UK
About the event
Mindful Garden: Data, Plants and Prints: Exploring Roscoe's Lost Botanical Collection This session begins with a short talk exploring how researchers used data to reconstruct Liverpool's historic William Roscoe Collection, once one of the world's most significant botanical assemblages. Drawing on data from surviving specimens and publicly available genetic sequence data from NCBI, the team recreated the evolutionary relationships between the original plants, revealing both the richness of the collection and the gaps left by centuries of loss. Following the talk, participants will take part in a creative activity inspired by the collection and themes of sustainability. Using simple, natural ingredients, you will design your own sustainable clay charm inspired by nature and plant materials to take home. No artistic experience is required. This PhD research project is led by PGR Samantha Cooper in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of staff and students, including Mark Roughley, Dr Rachael Symonds, Dr…