Marcus Bicknell is invited to Italy for three events, and France for one, in April 2025
Wed 23 April Genova Award of the Medal of the City of Genoa by Acting Deputy Mayor, Pietro Piciocchi, St. George’s Day ceremony, Salone di Rappresentanza di Palazzo Tursi, Genova, on the occasion of EUROFLORA 2025. “The medal is a prestigious recognition that the City of Genoa wishes to bestow upon Marcus Bicknell for his ongoing promotion of the beauty of Ligurian flora, so meticulously recorded by Clarence Bicknell in his marvellous travel notebooks, herbariums, and watercolours: he has made invaluable unpublished documents available to the public and, together with Arturo Issel, contributed to the opening of the new Museum of Natural History, donating Bicknell’s collections to the University of Genoa.” Event not open to the public as far as we know.
Thursday 24 April 18.00 Bordighera, Friends of the Riviera at Sant’Ampelio Restaurant, Lungomare Argentina, 3, 18012 Bordighera IM. Tel +390184262108
Friday 25 April 16.00 Nice, in the Library below the Centenary Hall of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Rue De La Buffa, Nice, starting with a screening of the 18-minute film The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell by Rémy Masséglia.
Saturday 26 April 16.00 Bordighera, Museo Bicknell with Claudio Littardi (Botanist) and Maria Pia Luly Jones (painter). In Italian.