We're thrilled to receive further funding from Research England which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world.

Congratulations to our sister University of Cambridge Museums & Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) on their grants too

📢 New The London NERC DTP PhD project is available RHULGeography on biodiversity of Wet Woodlands Research Network with Alice Milner, Emily Lines, Dr Scott J. Davidson and myself as supervisors. Deadline - April 15th #forestecology #nbs #biodiversity #remotesensing
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Today is #WorldForestryDay ! This picture depicts a lush forest in Borneo, painted by Marianne North in 1876. Amidst the ongoing threat of deforestation, with 10 million hectares lost annually, it is likely this landscape has changed drastically since this painting was completed.

Congratulations to Nicole Cavender and @JessBTurner of MortonArboretum on being the authors of the first Plants, People, Planet article to be downloaded over 100,000 times!

The benefits of #trees for livable and sustainable communities 👇
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Wiley Plant Science

So delighted to be working with The Linnean Society of London on this meeting of minds about the importance of #trees to our #cultures and #wellbeing #planthumanities #Geography #naturalhistory . Book your ticket now for 29 February.

TREE CULTURES: WORDS, WOODS & WELL-BEING Booking now open for symposium organised by The Linnean Society of London & Kew Gardens Feb 29, 2024. Speakers include Kate Teltscher Dr Amanda Blake Davis (abdavis.bsky.social) Paul Dobraszczyk Lewis Daly 🦩 Heather Craddock Programme & booking: eventbrite.com/e/tree-culture… Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives

And keynote address by Kew Gardens #ambassador James Wong James A Wong!

So delighted to be working with The Linnean Society of London on this meeting of minds about the importance of #trees to our #cultures and #wellbeing #planthumanities #Geography #naturalhistory . Book your ticket now for 29 February.

🌳Trees – just make our streets look amazing😎

We spend a lot of time talking about how urban trees help keep us cool, reduce pollution, restore nature, help us adapt to climate change, calm traffic etc

But lets just🥂celebrate how great they look, and how that makes us feel🙂

Our joint day meeting with Kew Gardens that will look back at the place of trees in global cultures, literature and arts, and why they hold such a special place in our cultures? How trees are instrumental to our well-being and happiness. Book below:
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Here's a thing......

2024 is the 300th anniversary of the appointment of the first Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. #300profbotcam

There are lots of events happening this year in celebration - stay tuned !

And don't we just love our 300th anniversary pin badges?! 👇

Congratulations to the new Places, Plants & People archive network for anything botanical, horticultural, agricultural etc. Hosted by Kew Gardens Library and Archives and University of Reading Special Collections Interested in planty archives? Do take a look: collections.reading.ac.uk/places-plants-…

You don't have long left to see our exhibition #Uprooted at Kew Gardens Library and Archives reading room and foyer. Ends 17 Jan. Come along Tues-Thurs. Its FREE! #Trees #forestconservation #collections #Archives #economicbotany #botanicalart

New year, new opportunity: Post-doc Research Fellow, working collaboratively with our Historic Environment Team, Forestry England, and University of Exeter. Be part of a new approach to measuring the benefits derived from outdoor culture and heritage bit.ly/41LiGZ2

This ginkgo tree, in the village of Bangye-ri in South Korea,

is thought to be at least 800 years old

If you've been laying on the sofa for the past three days, rising only for more food or to go to bed, congratulations; you're an honorary cat!

For the Winter Solstice today, an ancient Celtic melody now known as The Breton Carol. I learned this tune from the late great Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains and I've always thought it captured the magic of the darkest day of the year. Happy Solstice from the west of Ireland

Night night sweet dreamies

Sadness can be a one of the toughest emotions to feel and to express, it can consume you especially at this time of year
It’s ok to feel sad but please don’t be alone

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