Organisation: Royal Botanic Gardens

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food

Documentary explores the magic of mushrooms

With documentary film ‘Fantastic Fungi’ set to take the world by storm, Joe McNamee looks at the fabulous world of mushrooms

news

Over 500 plants species became extinct in the past 250 years, study finds

news

World leaders ‘are lying about climate change’

home and gardens

Irish-based botanists travel in search of exotic new plant species

home and gardens

Augustine Henry, horticultural hero from city with two names

world

Nature confused by mild Christmas in UK where daffodils are blooming

Book shines light on the world’s most spectacular gardens

THERE’S one thing that we gardeners love at this time of the year, apart from gardening, and that’s sitting in the armchair and leafing through seed catalogues, gardening magazines and gardening books.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2014

Spain cracks down on mango thieves

A police helicopter and road checkpoints will guard against robbery of Spain’s most valuable crop, until the harvest season is completed in early December.

Thu, 16 Oct, 2014

QUIRKY WORLD ... A daily look at some of the world’s stranger stories

Eat, shave and drive for busy motorists

Fri, 21 Feb, 2014

How all of life is rooted in the often strange, complex evolution of plants

Kingdom of Plants: A Journey Through Their Evolution

Sat, 24 Nov, 2012

Best on TV

Des O'Driscoll gives the lowdown on what's will be hot on the box over the next seven days.

Sat, 26 May, 2012

A fifth of world’s plants face extinction

MORE than a fifth of the world’s plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2010

Smelly orchid blooms for second time in 30 years

Forget the sweet scent of roses – Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens were suffused with an unusual stench today, as the gardens’ foul-smelling tongue orchid flowered for the second time in 30 years.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2005

Kew's 'home brew'

The world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is preparing to launch its own beer.

Sun, 25 Apr, 2004