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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 3: The Pomander – a smorgasbord of Lamiaceae and Rutaceae with a pinch of Sperm Whale Poo

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
3 December 2018

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 >

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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 2: The homeless drupe – a look at the ‘precocious’ Prunus that US Marines won’t go near

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
2 December 2018

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

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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 1: Put a Cherry on the Top!

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
1 December 2018

For me, the glace cherry is a staple ingredient of Christmas cooking. I include them in both my Christmas cake and Christmas pudding recipes – both are based on ‘Delia…Read More >

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#AdventBotany Day 12: Feijoa – Acca sellowiana

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
12 December 2017

By Adam Idoine My childhood in New Zealand was punctuated every autumn by a bounty of a sweet, fragrant fruit called feijoas. Our garden, like many of our neighbours’ contained…Read More >

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