Lighten Up: Nurturing the seed with Cate Blanchett

If you have some quirky-looking plant sprouting up in the back field that you think Kew Gardens, and indeed Cate Blanchett herself, would be interested in, why not give them a call?

Kew's ambassador for Wakehurst Cate Blanchett, left, and senior research leader Elinor Breman speak to Britain's King Charles III at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank in Wakehurst, Sussex, England. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty

I've always had a lot of time for Cate Blanchett.

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that she would have made a great farmer's wife — if she hadn't been swayed by the bright lights of Hollywood.