The Week in Botany January 26, 2026
It’s been another week to avoid social media. As a break from that, I’ve been fixing a project that I hope you’ll be able to see in February. As part of that...
The Week in Botany January 19, 2026
At the start of the week, I was worried I’d have to acknowledge subtly that by far the biggest story among botanists was the shootings in Minnesota, before...
The Week in Botany January 12, 2026
The Flora in Focus conference that I went to this week was interesting. It’s given me some ideas for things to look up. I also met a few interesting people....
The Week in Botany January 5, 2026
I hope you had a good break. I had a lesson in botany over Christmas from the office manager, Stanley Fluffypants. I thought I’d brought him some catnip toys...
The Week in Botany December 15, 2025
I feel like the end of 2025 is coming far sooner than it should and that it’s been a long year at the same time. Winter has definitely landed in the garden...
The Week in Botany December 8, 2025
I know I should be promoting the interview with Santiago Ramírez-Barahona for the words, but he also takes amazing pictures, like this one of the understorey...
The Week in Botany December 1, 2025
I had some news this week from New Phytologist that I feel both very positive and negative about. They’ll be hosting a symposium “Extreme Heat: extending the...
The Week in Botany November 24, 2025
I try to keep on top of stories, but sometimes I’m very slow to spot something. One example is the excellent Plants in Jars YouTube channel. I think I’d seen...
The Week in Botany November 17, 2025
I’ve a couple of things I should remember to tell you this week. First up, if you work in Plant Health in the UK, the Royal Society of Biology has 15 Plant...
The Week in Botany November 10, 2025
As I finish up writing this, news of the death of James Watson is getting shared. The most popular obituary is this one, which acknowledges he did more than...
The Week in Botany November 3, 2025
Night hasn’t so much fallen, as collapsed with the change of the clocks. Despite the approach of winter, the Salvia in the garden continue to flower. Much as...
The Week in Botany October 27, 2025
It’s been tiring week this week, with two conferences, and many more roadworks between them. I think my plan to visit a day long conference once a month...
The Week in Botany October 20, 2025
It’s a busy week coming up. Tuesday and Wednesday I’ll be at the National Botanic Garden of Wales for the Plant Science Wales meeting. On Friday, it’s Black...
The Week in Botany October 13, 2025
I have my COVID vaccine, and my social battery badge, so I’m now ready for conferences. I have a naturally grumpy face so the battery badge is there to...
The Week in Botany October 6, 2025
The nights are drawing in now here, and by the end of the month, even the late afternoon will be dark here. I’ve cut down the last of the perennial...
The Week in Botany September 29, 2025
I mentioned that I’ve been busy with family business this month. That came to an end this week. I’m now looking ahead to the Plant Science Wales meeting and...
The Week in Botany September 22, 2025
I hope you’re having a good week. My busy September continues. This week I found out that I didn’t have cancer again, after a routine screening produced...
The Week in Botany September 15, 2025
Unfortunately, there’s some bad news this week. The in silico Plants editor, Stephen Long, has died. A brief obituary has been posted to Illinois’s website,...
The Week in Botany September 8, 2025
It’s been a quiet week on the blog for a couple of reasons. One is that the email problem has continued, meaning that I can’t schedule posts without emailing...
The Week in Botany August 11, 2025
I’m enjoying Carlos’s series of interview posts. We’ve had some good ones recently with Laura Lagomarsino, Itumeleng Moroenyane, Ana Bedoya and last week,...
