Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
I have written before about the joys of common names of plants, but the piece Losing something in translation? really does seem to have captured some of the more bizarre stories of how sometimes the most common of plants have acquired their assortment of vernacular names around the globe. I Read more …
Leucanthemum X superbum (shasta daisy) More flower pictures… Buy a print or poster of this picture online…
It turned out to be a bit breezy in london yesterday. A driver was killed by falling tree, Kew Gardens shut to the public over safety fears, and bicycle journeys were taking either half the time or five times as long, depending on which way you were travelling. By coincidence Read more …
I don’t do envy, certainly not of the serious destructive type, but there’s something about the Gardener To The Big House blog that makes me very jealous of Bob. Not only does he get to look after what appears to be a magnificent old garden, but he also seems to Read more …
Miss Potter, the film about the life of Beatrix Potter, opens in the UK in the New Year (www.misspottermovie.co.uk) It would seem that not only did Beatrix Potter have a love of nature, she was an accomplished botanical artist, and it is also claimed that “an uncle attempted to introduce Read more …
The title says it all really: Blackberry bush saves skydiver in 15,000ft fall. That’s a juicy plant story if ever I read one. Ouch!!!