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August 01, 2017

Perfectly baked botanic garden in the middle of China

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July 25, 2017

Bald cypresses and their knobbly knees

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July 18, 2017

Monster Swiss cheese plant in search of black holes

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July 11, 2017

Texan dichondra a welcome mirage in summer

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July 04, 2017

Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Genève CC

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Botanical Histories in the Kingdom of Flowers (Yunnan, southwest China), 18–31 May 2027

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Evergreen Playlist (YouTube Music)

Soundtrack to my book (a few of the bands seen live)

... roughly in this order ...

The Birthday Party
Talking Heads
Neil Young
The Residents
The Cramps
Fred Frith
The Saints
Jonathan Richman
Fungus Brains
Sacred Cowboys
The Scientists
New Order
Beasts of Bourbon
Ed Kuepper
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (3)
The Fall
...And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead
Machine Gun Fellatio
Gerling
The Drones
Die! Die! Die!
Sleater-Kinney
Iggy Pop
A Place to Bury Strangers
Tim Richmond Group
Cat Power
Mark Lanegan
Rowland S Howard
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Grinderman
Sonic Youth
The Lovely Eggs
Mick Harvey
Ty Segall
Ooga Boogas
The Peep Tempel
Alien NoseJob
Spiritual Mafia

Winner of inaugural Blog Laurel 2018

Typing plants

By Jerome Entwisle (2015)

Entwisleia bella, Entwisleiaceae, Entwisleiales

Photo by Fiona Scott (2012)

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*TALKING PLANTS (Series 1 & 2)
*IN SEASON
*BLUEPRINT FOR LIVING (selection)
Bill Henson's garden
Botanic gardens top tourist destination
Botanical names
Botanist and birder
Can plants learn?
Feral fruit
Five plants to save the world
Green walls
Indoor plants and VOCs
John Wolseley on art and beetles
Plants in space
Titan Arum
Tree songs with Martin Friedel
Trends in garden design
Trope l'oeil

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