Complex sentence: She served on the board of trustees for the Atlanta Botanical Garden from 1980 to 1998, and conducted a research into the history of carried and worn flowers, collecting out-of-print volumes on floral symbolism and language of flowers.
Split into simpler sentences: She served on the board of trustees for Atlanta Botanical Garden from 1980 to 1998. She conducted a research into the history of carried and worn flowers, collecting out-of-print volumes on floral symbolism and language of flowers.