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#AdventBotany Day 13: Pomegranate, a pharmaceutical view
By: Szu Shen Wong and Steve Alexander Imageries of the of the Mother and Child are often used in traditional Christmas cards but our modern versions seem to omit a fruit that has Christian symbolism. The pomegranate was often featured … Continue reading →
#AdventBotany Day 12: Feijoa – Acca sellowiana
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 a couple of non-descript evergreen shrubs. Every summer they would … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 11: A Sloe Christmas
By Jonathan Mitchley (Dr M) This is Dr M’s contribution to #AdventBotany for 2017 the fourth fantastic year of this true botanical original originating from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading! The 2017 edition is curated by Dr … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 10: Have yourself a microscopically Merry Christmas
By Rachel Webster At this time of year, there is always that one person who is impossible to buy a gift for. What do you get a botanist who has everything? Well, how about some microscope slides? As we’ve been … Continue reading →
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#Advent botany Day 9: Cultivating Christmas pt. 2: Elf and Wellbeing
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 May Alcott who first introduced us to the elf, maker … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 8: Cultivating Christmas
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 Santa eagerly distributing presents to the pupils. Yes, even in … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 6: Fantastic Mastic
By Maria Christodoulou As we are entering the countdown to Christmas, preparations for the festive season reach new levels. For me, this usually involves a panicked trip to the shops with my Christmas list, the realisation that I’ve run out … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 5: Ivy
By Dawn Bazely The first Advent Botany post, on December 1st, 2014, was about ivy, that most classic of British festive season species. English Ivy, as it’s known in North America (Hedera helix) is an evergreen woody climbing plant. It is … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany Day 3: was the ‘golden apple of discord’ a quince?
By Amy Smith Can we identify the round objects to which the woman reaches on this ancient Athenian red-figure mug in the Ure Museum of Greek archaeology at Reading?
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#AdventBotany Day 2: Cultivated Cranberries beyond the Festive Season
By Dawn Bazely I would definitely bet that when Alastair and Jonathan launched Advent Botany in 2014, they never imagined that the annual series would still be going four years later! I thought their idea was fun and original, and … Continue reading →