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Plant portraits

The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.

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Appointments with plants

In our ‘always on’ culture, poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett find a route away from screens – by following the ways of the trees and plants outside.

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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections

A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.

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A graveyard of plants for the people I love

Searching for her own ceremony to acknowledge the passing of her grandmother, Jennifer Neal turned to plants. The ritual she created was personal and loving, and celebrated life as well as acknowledging loss.

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  • A curious herbal containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of Physik.
  • A curious herbal containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of Physik.
  • A curious herbal containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of Physik.
  • A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick ... To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick ... / [Elizabeth Blackwell].
  • A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick ... To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick ... / [Elizabeth Blackwell].
  • A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick ... To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick ... / [Elizabeth Blackwell].
  • Plant Illustrations with text use of mandragora wine
  • Bones showing carved representations of plants used as food
  • Cudweed (Gnaphalium sanguineum L.): flowering plant with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant.
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Plants Breathe Out, We Breathe In

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