Once a priority area for plant conservation Ambatobiribiry Forest #Madagascar is now almost gone. To save something (e.g. the CR Chouxia macrophylla shown here), seeds are collected from remaining trees for ex-situ conservation at Parc Ivoloina MFG National Geographic Society

Flowers and fruit in Monsoon Forest Chester Zoo

Etlingera eliator (Torch ginger) still going strong in Monsoon Forest Chester Zoo

Someone’s Tripadvisor review for Ben Nevis… never been there myself, so it’s useful to be aware of the shocking lack of facilities…

Quick visit to the great Oxford Botanic Garden University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, wonderful stuff. Season of mellow fruitfulness…

Perfect day for a wander round KewGardens

A critically endangered carnivorous plant found wild only on Mount Kelam, Indonesia, Nepenthes clipeata is one of the rarest plants on Earth 🌱⛰️ We've been uncovering its unique ecology with the experts at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). 👉 chesterzoo.org/what-we-do/pub…

Young plants of one of the rarest trees on Earth (Melanophylla dianeae) (see post 4/6/21) at Parc Ivoloina #Madagascar with brilliant nurserymen Platini and Philemond - thanks Chester Zoo, MFG, @Darwin_Defra

We have something very, VERY special to announce – the FIRST ever baby aardvark to be born at the zoo 🥰🤩 Everybody, meet Dobby ⚡❤️ #chesterzoo #meetdobby

Barbed wire fences @Agnalazaha Forest #Madagascar will reduce crop loss from cows/wild pigs. But 2 brilliant things: 1) fenceposts made from alien and fire-promoting tree Melaleuca; 2) wage give for collection of posts helps locals post-cyclone. Thanks @Darwin_Defra Chester Zoo

Can’t beat a bluebell and garlic woodland (Dorothy Farrers Spring Wood, Staveley, Cumbria)

Fossa and sifaka in their habitats Chester Zoo

As part of @Darwin_Defra project - hedges will be installed to protect crops grown adjacent to the Agnalazaha Forest #Madagascar. The hedges will be made from 16,000 plants of native trees. Here are some of them growing in a very colourful nursery. Chester Zoo Science

An excellent day spent at Chester Zoo discussing the conservation and cultivation of threatened Nepenthes Chester Zoo @NBGGlasnevin.

Happy #HumpDay 🐫 Today we'll be highlighting the three winners from the Horticulture category of the BIAZA Annual Awards 2022! Starting with Chester Zoo, who won Silver for 'Replanting Monsoon Forest' 🌴 Tree-riffic!

It’s a prickly subject – how do you plan the conservation of >30 threatened cactus species? 🌵 As you read this, we're developing an integrated conservation plan for Chile’s endemic Copiapoa cacti with conservationists, government bodies and world-leading cactus scientists 🌎

Exciting opportunity for a PhD student to work on the conservation of meta-populations of threatened Nepenthes species, such as those in our National Plant Collection Chester Zoo Plant Heritage eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

PlantNetwork meeting at The Newt in Somerset last week… what an amazing place!

We have something very exciting to announce… 📣 The FIRST successful Coquerel’s sifaka birth ever in Europe 🐵 With these incredible lemurs on the brink of extinction, the arrival of Beatrice’s baby is a real landmark moment for conservation 🌍