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#AdventBotany2018, Day 4: The Golden Bough

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
4 December 2018

By John David Not an obvious topic for Advent, but bear with me, the connection will become clear. The Golden Bough is most famously the title of a book written…Read More >

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#Advent botany Day 9: Cultivating Christmas pt. 2: Elf and Wellbeing

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
9 December 2017

By Yvette Harvey Who would have thought that the author of Little Women could have had such a significant role in today’s advent blog about plants… For it was Louisa…Read More >

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#AdventBotany Day 8: Cultivating Christmas

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
8 December 2017

By Mandeep Matharu & Louise O’Beirne As a kid brought up in India, perhaps my earliest memory of Christmas is looking up at one of my teachers dressed up as…Read More >

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Advent Botany 2016 – Day 13: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) – so good they blogged it twice!

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
13 December 2016

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 >

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Advent Botany 2016 – Day 10: Hoop-petticoat daffodils

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
10 December 2016

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 >

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