Ten golden rules might sound simple, but reforestation is a bit more complicated than that.
Tag - Kew
Alun Salt
The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena
If you're looking to explain to someone how botany can be exciting, then The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena is an excellent place to start.
JD Hooker Bicentenary
It’s conference season, and we’re starting to visit conferences from the blog. Friday was the JD Hooker Bicentennial Meeting at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. We have a soft spot for JD Hooker as...
annbot
369,400…and counting(!)
Being an avid supporter of the importance of plants (I do hope that’s come over quite strongly in my various blog items..?), I’m always keen to share with my students [well, any- and everybody really…] how many plant...
Nigel Chaffey
Attenborough’s at it (again)!
Finally, news of a new TV series written and presented by the world’s most famous natural history broadcaster and UK National Treasure, Sir David Attenborough. Sadly, it’s on a pay-per-view Sky Atlantic digital channel...
Banking on future food security
Carolyn Fry, Sue Seddon and Gail Vines’ The last great plant hunt (2011, published by Kew Publishing at £25.00 in hardback) is difficult to categorise. Certainly, The Last Great Plant Hunt [hereafter referred to as...
