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Founded 1897, a collection of mostly Mediterranean plants plus British flora and other special collections.

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Pictures teams Reading, Aberdeen Eden Project and Plymouth as well as Prof Jennifer McElwain who asked the questions. Prof John Warren and Dr Jonathan Mitchley came up with the idea of BUC.

Pictures teams Reading, Aberdeen Eden Project and Plymouth as well as Prof Jennifer McElwain who asked the questions. Prof John Warren and Dr Jonathan Mitchley came up with the idea of BUC.

🌱🌾🌍🍄🌿🌺🐝🧪 Last view of the teams who will be in Semifinal Botanical University Challenge #BUC2025 - Reading, Aberdeen Eden Project and Plymouth! Competing live at 3rd Student Botany Festival in August 2025. Also will be streamed round the world on YouTube!

26.02.2025 16:27 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Do you want to join the UKs biggest botanical quiz? @bucbotany.bsky.social starts tomorrow.

11.02.2025 17:30 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Soon jealous!

11.02.2025 17:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sign the Petition The decision by Duke University to close their herbarium is deeply concerning. Herbaria are not just repositories of plant specimens, they are living libraries of life on Earth. They hold the keys to ...

Urge Duke University to Reconsider Closing Their Herbarium - Sign the Petition! https://chng.it/GKZvLDDv via @UKChange

17.02.2024 11:18 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Four smiling adults standing in a building next to a parlour palm.

Four smiling adults standing in a building next to a parlour palm.

Congratulations to Tomos Jones, University of Reading, Biology for passing his PhD on gardens as a source of invasive plants. #gardenescapers #invasives
@herbarium.bsky.social @drmgoeswild.bsky.social

17.02.2024 10:22 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A Rum affair book cover.

A Rum affair book cover.

In flight reading on journey for fieldwork in Crete to collect for @herbarium.bsky.social 🌱🌿 #Botany

30.10.2023 13:28 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0