# Utopian Gardens

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Jim Endersby
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/utopian-gardens)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture will begin with Bacon’s imagined garden, then consider the long-term promise of the experimental or scientific garden, which would eventually lead to today’s biotechnologies.

## Lectures

1. [Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-utopian-gardens/056175d3d250) (YouTube)
2. [Gardens of Empire: The Role of Kew and Colonial Botanic Gardens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-utopian-gardens/b4bbb7d92bde) (YouTube)
3. [Making New Plants: A History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-utopian-gardens/fa134690c9df) (YouTube)
4. [Good Gardeners of Planet Earth? The Vision of Silent Running (1972)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-utopian-gardens/3ea8f355a980) (YouTube)