Chinese Medicinal Plants: A Conversation with Robert Newman
About the Speaker
Robert Newman, dean of clinical education, emeritus, at Emperor’s College, is one of the leading experts on growing Chinese medicinal plants in North America. Newman, who taught and practiced Chinese medicine in California for over 25 years, discovered a special interest in growing herbs that led him to China, where he served as the curator of the Chinese herb garden at the Nanjing Institute of Botany.
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The Chinese Medicinal Garden. Photo by Michelle Bailey. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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The Huntington’s Center for East Asian Garden Studies promotes innovative scholarship on the traditions of garden-making in China, Japan, and Korea.