🍓 The Week in Botany June 24, 2004
I’m told this week we had the Strawberry Moon. I’m a bit wary of the authenticity of these names. However, when I took a break in the garden this week, I...
🌻 The Week in Botany June 17, 2024
There’s controversy this week. A popular television show has been accused of appalling its viewers in its depiction of (plant) sex. There’s also been a lot...
🌻 The Week in Botany June 10, 2024
This week I’ll be starting to think hard about the forthcoming International Botanical Congress. I won’t be going myself, but Michela and Carlos will be...
🌻 The Week in Botany June 3, 2024
There’s a slight delay to this week’s email as it was scheduled at 11pm last night, but obviously not scheduled correctly. I’ll now be paranoid about the...
🌻 The Week in Botany May 27, 2024
There’s a special issue of Annals of Botany out, African Flora in a Changing World. There was a glitch at launch, but now all the papers are Free Access for...
🌻 The Week in Botany May 20, 2024
Often there’ll be weeks when I’ve been busy and feel I have nothing to show for it. This week is different. There are six interviews on Botany One, so the...
🌻 The Week in Botany May 13, 2024
Thanks to a news story shared by Angel York this week, I found I can call myself a renegade gardener, as I plant for insects. Normally, it’s for pollinators,...
🌻 The Week in Botany May 6, 2024
A while back I started reading How to be a Bad Birdwatcher, and thought a similar book on botany would be helpful. This week I found that the author, Simon...
🌼 The Week in Botany April 29, 2024
The diffusion of social media means it’s easy to overlook interesting conversations if you’re not on the same network. This thread from Bluesky by Mark...
🌻 The Week in Botany April 22, 2024
This week we’ve arranged for Botany One to be at Student Botany Festival as part of Botanical University Challenge. The exact details aren’t fixed but it...
🌻 The Week in Botany April 15, 2024
My fuzzy head last week meant that I forgot to wish people a happy Eid, if they celebrate. If I were still in Leicester then it would probably be much easier...
🌻 The Week in Botany April 8, 2024
I hope you're well. I'm suffering a little from the storms passing overhead and giving me headaches. On the plus side, it does make Big Jet TV more...
🐇 The Week in Botany March 25, 2024
It's been a grim week, so getting to browse a lot of Botany has been a welcome escape from the news. This week I'm able to add attention from BlueSky into...
🌻 The Week in Botany, March 18, 2024
Spring is well on its way here, with the tulips pushing through as the latest round of the bulb lasagne in the flower pots. I was expecting them to be a dark...
🌻 The Week in Botany, March 11, 2024
Thank you for all the well-wishes. I've done very little this week, but plan to make a slow return in the coming week. I'm finding recuperation tedious, and...
🏥 The Week in Botany, March 4 2024
I'm a little fuzzy this week. On Monday, when the last edition came out, I was in a hospital bed recovering from an operation on one of my kidneys. I've been...
🌻 The Week in Botany, February 19 2024
I'll start by flagging up the Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships in the Careers section. The RSB has twelve awards for undergraduates to get some...
🌻 The Week in Botany, February 12 2024
🌻 The Week in Botany, February 12 2024 If you're receiving this, then the move to Buttondown went well. One reason for moving is that I hope in the longer...
🌙 The Week in Botany February 5, 2024
You may need to check your spam folders next week as, if all goes well, this will be the last TWiB sent through Substack. We’ll be moving to Buttondown for a...
🌻 The Week in Botany January 29, 2024
I’m hoping that next week, I’ll start to test negative for COVID. At the moment, I’m positive in both senses of the word. It means I’m still out of energy,...
