Person
Gardner, Jennifer Anne
OAM
- Occupation
- Botanist and Environmentalist
Summary
Jennifer Gardner was Curator of the Waite Arboretum at the University of Adelaide from 1986 to 2017. During this time she increased its collection of trees to over 2,200 species, improved public access, and established the Friends of the Waite Arboretum in 1994. As manager of the Urrbrae House Gardens and Waite Conservation Reserve she managed their rejuvenation, enlisted many volunteers to assist in the cause, and opened the House to the public in 1991. Gardner was co-founder of the Trees & Roadway Experimental & Education Network (TREENET), a national research and education organisation which makes significant contribution to Australia's urban forest. In 2015 the Dr Jennifer Gardner Prize for Waite Arboretum Research was named in her honour.
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Chronology
- 1986 - 2017
- Career position - Curator, Waite Arboretum
- 1997
- Career position - Co-Founder, Tree and Roadway Experimental and Educational Network (TREENET)
- 2017
- Life event - Retired
- 2917
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to conservation and the environment
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Published resources
Conference Papers
- Gardner, Jennifer A., 'History of the Waite Arboretum and Waite Herbarium', in History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 edited by Short, P.S. (Melbourne: Australian Systematic Botany Society, 1990), pp. 29-36.. Details
Journal Articles
- Gardner, J. A. and Delaporte, K. L., 'Waite Arboretum - an enduring gift', Swainsona, 30 (2023), 69-76. https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P069_Gardner.pdf. Details
- Gardner, Jennifer and Symon, David, 'The Waite Arboretum, past and present', Australian garden history, 15 (4) (2004), 15-9. Details
Resources
- Retirement for Dr Jennifer Gardner after invaluable career, with Waite Arboretum, 2017, https://www.thewaite.org/retirement-for-dr-jennifer-gardner-after-invaluable-career/. Details
- Langham, Terry, Waite Arboretum fact sheet: Jennifer and Douglas Gardner, Friends of Waite Arboretum, 2016. https://friendsofwaitearboretum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GARDNER-Dr-Jennifer-G-and-Douglas-.pdf. Details
See also
- Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division [Australia Day 2017: F-L], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2017, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20190510165629mp_/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/OAM%20Final%20Media%20Notes%20(F-L)2.pdf. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 February 2019