By Hans Olav Nymand Denmark is a little land in Scandinavia, Northern Europe, but unlike the other Scandinavian countries, we have neither mountains (highest point 172m) nor vast boreal forests,…Read More >
Public Engagement with Science
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 16: Raphia: a string for all seasons
By Yvette Harvey RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB Forget the gorgeous Madagascan bags, the baskets, the hats, the dates, the coconuts, the wine, the patterned mats and shoes,…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 15: Carob Santa Is On the Way!
by Megan Lynch At this time of year chocolate is imbibed as hot cocoa, eaten as a confection pressed into the shape of Santa or snowmen, and baked into a…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 14 – Caraway
By Emma (the unconventional gardener) Cooper It’s possible to grow up in the UK and never consciously encounter caraway as a spice – I certainly did. And yet this versatile…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 13: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) – so good they blogged it twice!
Editor’s note: For the first time we have a plant so popular that two different institutions have offered a blog on it. They take a different approach so here you…Read More >
AdventBotany 2016 – Day 12: Erasmus Darwin born 12 December 1731 bringing botanical love and joy to the world!
By Dr M Advent botany couldn’t be advent botany without botanists – and amongst them are a number of significant “advent botanists”, those born in the days of advent and…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 11: The beauty of snowflakes microscopic algae
By Isabelle Charmantier Ah, the snowflake: symbol of short winter days, crisp frosty mornings, Carol singing under the stars and the Christmas season. However, this is not a snowflake. It…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 10: Hoop-petticoat daffodils
By Jordan Bilsborrow and Kálmán Könyves Daffodils are very popular garden plants and an important commercial crop both as bulbs and as cut flowers. Our fascination with these very charming…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 9: Getting stuffed at Christmas – the Onion
By Rachel Webster Not much of a surprise here, but after covering sage yesterday we really had to say a few words about onions today. If you want to be growing your own,…Read More >
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 8: Getting stuffed at Christmas: Sage
By Rachel Webster There are many more gastronomically interesting options available at Christmas time, but I’m still always drawn to the reassuringly traditional sage and onion stuffing. Nowadays, in addition…Read More >