Scientific
Advisory Board
The establishment of the research facility and all
research projects will be guided by four of the top experts in the world who
make up the Scientific Advisory Board.
They are:
Dr. Miriam Rothschild (pictured), DSc, C.B.E., F.R.S., niece of the 2nd Lord Rothschild,
daughter of Charles, called the father of Nature Conservation and senior
partner in N.M. Rothschild & Sons. She is regarded and respected worldwide
as an authority under several biological and conservation headings on butterflies
and their habitat. She is creator of "Wildflower Meadow" - over 90
acres designed to reintroduce native butterfly species in
The Rothschild Gardens
The Rothschild family, famed as financiers,
has exerted a huge impact on Western social and political history over nearly
two centuries. Less well-known, but also of significance, is their influence on
the landscape, for many members of the family have been passionate gardeners.
They have created gardens and parklands that have become an important part of
the heritage of several countries, inspiring gardeners worldwide.
This book explores the greatest Rothschild
parks and gardens, as they were and as they are today. Readers visit
outstanding European gardens frequented by kings and rulers, and marvel at the
magnificent vistas created by an astonishingly creative and powerful family.
You are also given a glimpse into private gardens today, including Miriam
Rothschild's own beautiful conservation garden, home to birds, beasts and
butterflies.
Family members adopted styles of gardening
and design which range from graceful parklands to formal parterres, and most
have shared a love of flamboyance. The fabulous scale of many of their
enterprises is scarcely imaginable today. Alice de Rothschild, for example, at
the turn of the century spent the equivalent of nearly half a million pounds
annually on her gardens and grounds near
As well as a fondness for showy bedding
displays, and elaborate topiary, Rothschilds have
always enjoyed producing fruit and vegetables. Baron Edmond, for example, used
to delight guests at his households in Paris and Bologne
by inviting them to pick fresh fruit - ripe red or black cherries, or
greengages - straight from dwarf trees brought into the dining room!
Vivid text and stunning photographs
dramatically illustrate the developments in the family's styles and scale of
gardening.
Miriam Rothschild humorously conveys the
competitiveness and drive for perfection that has typified the family's
behavior in gardening, as well as in business. This quest to be best has led
several Rothschilds to become plant specialists, and
botanical gardens worldwide have benefited from their collections.
Author: Miriam Rothschild, Kate Garton
& Lionel de Rothschild; photographs by Andrew Lawson
Publisher: Gaia
About
the authors:
Miriam Rothschild is one of the
finest naturalists in the world. Educated at home, she is a Fellow of the Royal
Society, and was awarded a DSc
by
Lionel de Rothschild is the
grandson of the creator of Exbury, where he has lived
all his life. He is a respected horticultural photographer and writer.
Kate Garton
is a gardener, garden designer, and lecturer. She has worked with Miriam Rothschild
for many years.
Andrew Lawson writes about
gardens and photographs them. He has received the coveted Royal Horticultural
Society's Gold Medal for Horticultural Photography.
Dr.
Lincoln Pierson Brower (B.A. Princeton
University, 1953, Ph.D. Yale University, 1957) is Research Professor of Biology
at
Recipient of the Gold Medal of Zoology from
the Linnean Society of London and a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Animal Behavior Society, Professor Brower has
published over 200 scientific papers and edited two books. He has served as
Presidents of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Lepidopterists'
Society, and the International Society of Chemical Ecology. He is currently
collaborating with the Wildlife Conservation Society of New York and the World
Wildlife Fund-Mexico and the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation to develop
a comprehensive model to protect all known overwintering
sites of the monarch butterfly in
Dr. Philip De Vries, Professor of
Biology, University of Oregon; Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Harvard University; Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History;
Tropical Research Associate, Smithsonian Institute. Author of
"Costa Rican Butterflies and Their Natural History", Vols. I & II (University Press).
Dr. Paul A. Opler, Emeritus
Scientist, MESC; Senior Research Scientist and Professor, Colorado State
University; author of over 100 scientific publications and 5 books including
Peterson's "Field Guides to Butterflies" and The Audubon Society's
"Butterfly Video Series". Dr. Opler is the
creator and originator of the Children's Butterfly Site.
E-mail: paul_opler@usgs.gov
click here -
http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/butterfly/Butterfly.html
Dr. Kingston Leong,
Professor of Entomology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo; Published author on numerous entomological publications / environmental
impact reports on "The Monarch Butterfly Habitat in California."
"The key to the preservation of
over-wintering ( Monarch ) butterfly sites, in
addition to their acquisition, is through purposeful enhancement.....of
established groves, and the restoration of degraded ones. The goals of The
Daniel Boone Butterfly Palace are to educate the general public in native and
endangered species of butterflies and to support the research such as the
preservation of over-wintering sites for monarch butterflies and other habitats
of native species."
Dr. Rudi Mattoni,
Professor of Zoology,
Broad experience in
applied research biology from Survey Entomologist for the AEC to one of 13
Principal Investigators on the first U.S. Biosatellite (radiation
weightlessness interactions on lysogenic bacteria). Currently program manager for site restoration,
survey, captive breeding and monitoring at San Pedro for Palos
Verdes Blue Butterfly, portions of the Delhi
Sands at Colton and Rialto for Delhi
Sands Flower-loving Fly, and surveys for Quino checkerspot butterfly
in San Diego County. Corporate management experience in both large
and small organizations. Board member of several
public service groups. Member of Los Angeles County
Environmental Review Board and registered Biologist with the County. Edits the international Journal of Research on
the Lepidoptera. Background in chemical and
microbiological analysis. Designs and implements biological surveys and
monitoring, ecological research, habitat conservation plans, and biological
assessments. Authored over 165 papers and reports, including ecological revegetation plans the Ballona
Lagoon, Ballona Wetland, and the El Segundo sand
dunes at LAX. Permitted by the USF&WS for handling
several listed species. Teaches core course in biogeography, majors course in bioresource
management, and directs student research at UCLA Department of Geography. Recently shared a NWF 1996 National Conservation Achievement Award
("The Connie") with Arthur Bonner.