I am regular lecturer at conferences and Study Weekends in Holland, Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, USA and Canada.
Here you can find some lecture topics, but are you looking for something else and it is not here in the list, just ask me and I will put the customized lecture together you want.
Some lectures are with slides and you have to provide a slide projector. Others are digital and you have to provide a digital projector. I will bring my own laptop with me. For availability, fee and travel expenses, please contact me at jansalpines@online.nl
-A Botanical Jeep Tour from Chengdu to Lhasa-
Starting in Chengdu (Sichuan) by jeep and travel over 13 high mountain passes to Lhasa (Tibet) over the Tibetan Highway. Places not many plant hunters have visited in the last 50 years. Lots of plants, but also wonderful scenery, places, culture and people.
-A botanical tour through the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan-
An account of the SQAE 2000 Expedition and a tour in 2001.
-A closer look at the rich alpine flora in Sichuan province-
An account of the SQAE 2000 Expedition and a tour in 2001.
-Alpines on Tufa-
How to grow plants on tufa with growing techniques and construction information how to build a tufa wall etc.
-Growing Alpines in the "hills" of Holland-
My own Rock Garden, Alpine House, Tufa Wall, etc. This includes building information and growing techniques. Very informative.
-High Alpines on the Equator-
Many endemic alpines on the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia and on Mount Kenya. Highlights are the giant Lobelias which can reach over 6m! These are areas not often visited by plant hunters.
-In search of the Flower of the Gods-
Greece, the main land excluding the Peloponnesus. A cross the North of Greece with Mt. Pangeon, Mt. Falakro, Mt. Kajmaktcalan, Mt. Vermion, the Zagoria area with Mt. Timfi & Mt. Smolikas and Mt. Parnassos. Scenery, people, villages and many plants.
-Iran in focus-
Plants, places and people in and around middle, eastern, and western Iran.
-Plant hunting on the Roof of the World-
An account of an AGS expedition to locations such as Lhasa, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Kangshung valley, which is very close to Mount Everest; and with new exciting discoveries such as Meconopsis tibetica and many such plants that will grow up to 5350m.
-Plant portraits-
Your choice which plants you would like (by family?, dwarf shrubs?, species?) Growing instructions for the garden, frame or alpine house. Sometimes a few images at their natural habitat are shown, which is so important to understand what the growing condition should/can be.
-The best of North-West Yunnan alpines-
Spring & autumn flowers, places, and people. A plants men Paradise.
-The cream of the European Alps-
A mixture of the best alpine plants from the various corners of Europe.
