Tag Archives: MSc Plant Diversity

#AdventBotany Day 22: Put a cork in it

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Alastair Culham

By Ali Ayres It’s decided, 2017 is the year I finally contribute to this fine festive botanical blogging tradition. But what should I write about? Holly? Ivy? All the usual suspects have already been covered –and excellently to boot. Maybe … Continue reading →

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#AdventBotany Day 19: Christmas Kalanchoe – Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Alastair Culham

By Will Simpson The genus Kalanchoe (the preferred pronunciation is kal-un-KOH-ee(1)) belongs to the Crassulaceae family. Like other members of this family, such as Aeonium, Crassula, Echeveria and Sedum, Kalanchoes tend to be succulent evergreen perennials, come from arid environments … Continue reading →

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#AdventBotany Day 18: Cyclamen persicum: a Christmas misnomer?

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Alastair Culham

By Karen Andrews They say that you should never judge a book by its cover. Walter C. Blasdale’s ‘Cyclamen persicum: Its Natural and Cultivated Forms’ is an unassuming, concise volume that normally sits in the restricted access section of the … Continue reading →

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#AdventBotany Day 4: The Glastonbury Thorn

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Alastair Culham

By Karen Andrews Botanists are no strangers to muddy boots. Glastonbury conjures up an image today of muddy wellingtons at its famous pop music festival. The town also possesses a unique botanical heritage with a strong Christmas connection. History and … Continue reading →

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Do Guided Tours Enhance the Education Role of Botanic Gardens? : A Qualitative Study

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Alastair Culham

A study by Laura Rollin (MSc Plant Diversity) A request to complete a 10 minute survey The survey linked here is asking for background information from all UK gardens to find out what percentage of gardens offer tours, how they … Continue reading →

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MSc Plant Diversity Field ID test

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Alastair Culham

The MSc Plant Diversity students spent the afternoon of field day 9 walking the Lizard coast doing a field ID test. While they identified I photographed – all photos taken in the field on a sunny but windy day so … Continue reading →

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MSc Plant Diversity Field Course – Day 7 Gwendreath, Cornwall

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Alastair Culham

Since Monday the MSc Plant Diversity group has been travelling along the southern coast of England on its Summer Term field trip. After 5 nights in youth hostels in Dorset and Devon we have now settled in static caravans at … Continue reading →

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MSc Plant Diversity visit to RHS Wisley 2015

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Alastair Culham

The RHS garden at Wisley has one of the best curated plant collections in the UK so provided the ideal venue for today’s MSc plant family revision. After a tour of the herbarium and meeting some of the RHS botany … Continue reading →

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MSc Plant Diversity 2013/14 dissertation submission Today

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Alastair Culham

Today was submission day for the MSc in Plant Diversity research dissertations. Some students submitted early as they had commitments in other parts of the world but our last few stalwarts celebrated their achievement with a choice of Champagne or … Continue reading →

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MSc Plant Diversity students visit RHS Wisley

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Alastair Culham

For those students not taking the fieldwork module today saw the final organised visit of the MSc course. This time to the RHS garden at Wisley, Surrey. The tour started with the RHS herbarium where we were shown one of … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: MSc Plant Diversity

#AdventBotany Day 22: Put a cork in it

#AdventBotany Day 19: Christmas Kalanchoe – Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

#AdventBotany Day 18: Cyclamen persicum: a Christmas misnomer?

#AdventBotany Day 4: The Glastonbury Thorn

Do Guided Tours Enhance the Education Role of Botanic Gardens? : A Qualitative Study

MSc Plant Diversity Field ID test

MSc Plant Diversity Field Course – Day 7 Gwendreath, Cornwall

MSc Plant Diversity visit to RHS Wisley 2015

MSc Plant Diversity 2013/14 dissertation submission Today

MSc Plant Diversity students visit RHS Wisley

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