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Between two summers

As Michael Malay tends his allotment, absorbing all the sensations of his surroundings, he finds the repetition of work calms the mind.

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Beyond a green carpet

Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.

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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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Searching for a place to call home

Wherever she’s lived, Tanya Perdikou has rarely felt at home, and numerous moves have perpetuated a sense of disconnection. But signs from nature offer powerful moments of connection.

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  • Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
  • Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
  • A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.
  • An Amazonian Indian child, next to a whitewashed wall with tall grasses all around.
  • Denrées diverses : A : valable du 1er au 31 mai 1944 inclus : matières grasses.
  • Denrées diverses : A : valable du 1er au 31 mai 1944 inclus : matières grasses.
  • Six flowering plants, including whitlow grasses (Erophila species) and awlwort (Subularia aquatica). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji seated on bedding revealing a tattoo of a skull amid grasses on his left arm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • Hay fever: a calendar showing effects of various grasses etc. on hay fever sufferers in different months. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Astma Fonds, 1999.
  • Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
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