Professor David Ingram
Honorary ProfessorResearch Overview
Synergy between botany, plant/horticultural science & 19th/20th/21st century fine/decorative arts. [With: Bowes Museum; Lakeland Arts; Ruskin Library; Ruskin Foundation, Brantwood Trust, Guild of St George, Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society]
Native plant diseases in natural ecosystems: role, survey and conservation. [With Nigel Paul, Lancaster University and Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh]
Sociology:public policy and the future of Botanic Gardens [with Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh]; Citizen science and the conservation of plant diseases in natural ecosystems [with Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh and Wyre Forest Study Group].
Food Security [Adv. Brd. Member, 'Food Security' (Springer).]
External Links: Hon Professorial Fellow, Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh; Hon Fellow, Royal Bot. Gdn., Edinburgh, St Catharine's & Downing Colleges, Cambridge, Worcester College, Oxford, Myerscough College, Preston; Royal Scottish Geographical Soc., Royal Coll. Physicians, Edin., Fellow, Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Royal Soc. of Biology, Chartered Inst. Hort.; Hon. Member, Brit. Soc. for Plant Pathology; Companion, Guild of St George.
NB. For recent research papers, books, lectures etc, see following webpage: Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh, Honorary/Visiting Staff, David S. Ingram
Botanic Gardens and Public Policy
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2020
Research
Plant Pathogens and Conservation in Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2020
Other
John Ruskin's Flora of Chamouni, 1844
06/01/2017 → 31/12/2020
Other
Seminar: Botanic Gardens: "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
Invited talk
Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust, Conference: In celebration of the rose - its evolving role in garden design, art and floristry'
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Victoria Crowe: Portraits and Plant Memory in the Wider Landscape
Invited talk
Discussion Moderator & Chair, Conference: Rejuvenating the Theatrum Botanicum: Researching Plants and Re-inventing the Botanic Garden, held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Discussion Moderator, Public Conference: Whistler, Nature and Science at The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, part of the Cambridge Science Festival,
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lecture, John Ruskin's Botanical Books, York Bibliographical Society.
Invited talk
Invited Seminar: Botanic Gardens: "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
Invited talk
Wyre Forest National Opinion Leaders' Workshop, Wyre Forest
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Chair, Guild of St George Wyre Forest Diversity Sustainable Management Advisory Committee: Wyre Forest Diversity Sustainable Management Advisory Committee24/07/18 → 25/07/18Bewdley, United Kingdom (Event)
Membership of committee
Spinning the Colours of Lakeland
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Annie Garnett: Her Garden and Fabric Designs. At The Ruskin Museum, Coniston, Cumbria
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Diversity and Sustainability: the Guild’s recently purchased botanical books annotated by Ruskin, and their land holdings at St George’s Field, Sheepscombe (Gloucestershire) and Ruskin Land, the Wyre Forest (Worcestershire).
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Chair, Guild of St George Wyre Forest Diversity Sustainable Management Advisory Committee (Event)
Membership of committee
Inspired by Ruskin: Annie Garnett’s Spinnery, Textiles and Garden
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Spinning the Colours of Lakeland: Annie Garnett’s Spinnery, Textiles and Garden
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
All Silk and Flame: John Ruskin and Wild Flora.
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
John Ruskin and Flora
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Spinning the Colours of Lakeland
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Spinning the Colours of Lakeland - Annie Garnett's Spinnery, Textiles and Garden (Walking Tour/Lecture)
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Annie Garnett and The Spinnery at Bowness
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
The Gardens at Brantwood - evolution of John Ruskin's Lakeland paradise
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
John Ruskin's Botanical Books: new discoveries and work in progress.
Invited talk
The Flower Paintings of Henri Fantin-Latour
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Rosy Wealth of June - the flower paintings of Henri Fantin-Latour
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Walking Tour: The Flora of Blackwell
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
10th Anniversary Lecture of the institute for Analytical Plant Illustration, to be delivered on 15th November 2014: John Ruskin and Wild Flora - the Lancaster Drawings and Brantwood Gardens
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Ruskin's Flora
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
The Gardens at Brantwood - evolution of John Ruskin's Lakeland paradise
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
John Ruskin and Wild Flora
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Walking Tour: The Flora of Blackwell
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Walking Tours: The Flora of Blackwell
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
All Silk and Flame - John Ruskin and Wild Flora
Invited talk
Piero di Cosimo and the Natural World, a lecture by David Ingram and Howard Coutts in March 2014
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
John Ruskin and Wild Flora - the Lancaster Drawings and Brantwood Gardens
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Walking Tour :The Flora of Blackwell
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Wildflower Meadows
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Genomes and Societies
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
John Ruskin and Wild Flora: The Lancaster Drawings and Brantwood Gardens
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Two talks: A Meadow for All Seasons; and John Ruskin and Wild Flora
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
The Call of the Wild: Wild Flowers in Gardens and Art, The Broadway Connection
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
OECD/ESRC Genomics Network Global Forum on Biotechnology
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Gardens in Science and Art
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
All silk and Flame: John Ruskin and Wild Flora
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Ruskin's Flora
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Gardens in science and Art
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Fantin-Latour: Flower Painter Extraordinaire
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Through a Botanists Eyes: The Flower Paintings of Henri Fantin-Latour
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Art Nouveau: the Garden Invades the Art, a lecture by David Ingram and Howard Coutts
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
A series of Walking Tours entitled The Flora of Blackwell in 2011 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (1) and 2014 (1)
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Two Walking Tours of the Exhibition Ruskin's Flora: The Botanical Drawings of John Ruskin
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Springer (Publisher)
Editorial activity
Food Security (Journal)
Editorial activity
Plant Memory, a lecture by David Ingram and Victoria Crowe
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar