# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Botanical Insights talk - Electrical secrets of plants and fungi
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 02:15 am – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 03:15 am
- **Event Description**: This one-hour talk will reveal how plants’ electrical signalling system enables them to sense and respond rapidly, within seconds, to their environment in order to coordinate growth, defence, photosynthesis and whole of-plant acclimatisation. It will outline the practical application of research findings. The talk will also examine electrical signalling in fungi and the actions of their mycelial networks in a range of biological and environmental settings. It will touch on the emergent field of fungal computers and probable applications

Located in the Treehouse Seminar Room, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā.
Free of charge. You’re welcome to bring along your own ‘brown bag’ lunch to enjoy during the talk.

The speaker is Reg Harris, a volunteer guide [botany] at Wellington Botanic Garden.
Reg delivers botany lectures for diverse audiences, delving into plant interactions, adaptive radiation, tropisms, and more. As a dedicated volunteer guide at Wellington Botanic Garden (WBG), he pioneered collaborations between WBG and Victoria University, organising annual field labs for biology students.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/botanical-insights-talk-electrical-secrets-of-plants-and-fungi/200029675525804
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/botanical-insights-talk-electrical-secrets-of-plants-and-fungi/wellington?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wellington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellington
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 101 Glenmore Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6012
- **lat**: -41.28236
- **long**: 174.76386
- **full address**: 101 Glenmore Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6012, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Wellington Gardens (https://allevents.in/org/wellington-gardens/4571677)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 02:15 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 101 Glenmore Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6012, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Wellington Gardens
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Botanical Insights talk - Electrical secrets of plants and fungi ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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