Making
your garden come alive! Environmental interpretation in botanical gardens
SABONET
Report No. 9
M. Honig
2000
A4, soft cover, black and white photographs, 96 pp.
ISBN 1-919795-50-2
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How do you make a botanical garden a dynamic and exciting place for visitors? How can you encourage people to explore nature, to get excited and learn about plants? If you are working in a botanical garden, a nature reserve or national park and wish to communicate effectively with your visitors, then this book is for you. Interpretation provides the link between a garden and its visitors. You can use guided walks, trails, signs, and other interpretive products to provide visitors with a meaningful and enjoyable experience.
This book offers practical guidelines on how to develop an interpretation programme. It includes:
The
principles of effective interpretation
The
application of these principles in planning interpretive walks, trails and
signs
Case
studies written by environmental interpreters
Many
examples of creative low-budget interpretation
Innovative
ways to engage with visitors, such as roving interpretation, discovery stations
and educational theatre
This is one of SABONET's most popular books!
Download title, preface and contents pages (528 KB) chapter 1 (586 KB) chapter 2 (1.44 MB) chapter 3 (1.50 MB) chapter 4 (1.33 MB) chapter 5 (1.84 MB) chapter 6 (1.34 MB) chapter 7 (1.38 MB) chapter 8 (1.32 MB) chapter 9 (276 KB) chapter 10a (1.48 MB) chapter 10b (1.58 MB) chapter 10c (1.43 MB)
