Public Engagement with Science

I was sitting at my breakfast table this morning thinking ‘what plant should be next for #AdventBotany2018″?  The rich smell of the blue hyacinth in front of me was filling…Read More >

By Claire Smith We all know what to leave out for Father Christmas – a nice mince pie and a glass of sherry. Or maybe milk, if you don’t want Santa…Read More >

Christmas bells is the name for a colourful South African geophyte (plant with an underground storage organ), Sandersonia aurantiaca, due to the appearance of its  bell shaped flowers appearing in…Read More >

by Fi Young As a child I remember my grandparents giving a pomander as a Christmas gift.  Their pomander was made from an orange studded with cloves, and I don’t…Read More >

By Meg Cathcart-James What do Alexander the Great, Henry the VIII’s gardener and ancient China have in common? They all enjoyed apricots!