Save the Palm Houses 🌴💚

With voices including Botanics' Curator David Knott, Education Outreach Officer Eve Armstrong and Biodiversity Scientist Dr Tiina Särkinen, find out more about the appeal from some of our brilliant staff.

Please donate today 👉 rbge.cc/SaveThePalmHou…

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Yesterday we turfed over half the Monocotyledon Section on our Systematic Beds Cam Botanic Garden. Finish turfing next week; let it establish; cut new beds in summer; start planting in autumn. Fantastic team effort. Thanks to #staff & #trainees in our Landscape & Display Teams.

#plant picks Cam Botanic Garden this week include Tilia endochrysea, whose emerging foliage is a rich wine colour; Ercilla spicata, an unusual Chilean climber on our Systematic Beds; & the more familiar #pasque flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris.

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Introducing our free eLearning, designed for teachers who are new to school gardening 🌱

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Join us to celebrate International Women's Day at RHS Bridgewater next weekend😃🥳

There'll be talks from awesome women in horticulture, industry insight, tours from our hort. team and discussion at the Q&A panel.

Look forward to seeing you there! 🪴

rhs.org.uk/Gardens/RHS-Ga…

Our new online Career Hub 'SnapDragon’ is packed with free resources to help you move forward in your career with confidence: CV builder/checker, job search, e-learning programmes, interview simulator and much more...

Check it out today: perennial.org.uk/home/ways-we-c…
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Exciting #plant picks Cam Botanic Garden this week include the tropical jade vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys, shrubby Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva', and bulbous Nothoscordum dialystemon. Plenty more to see if you're looking for a hint of #spring .

This February half-term we welcome Indigo Moon theatre to the Botanic Garden for a special Twilight showing of the puppet show, Seedheart.
Bookings open today for shows from the 19-21 Feb.
botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/twili…

We are recruiting for 6 exciting roles at the moment, including a Senior Platform Technician and a Senior Research Fellow at Crop Science Centre, two PDRAs, and a Reception Office Administrator.🌿

Read more about these super opportunities and apply here! 👇

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?unit=u002…

More #seasonal #plant picks bringing #winter cheer this week Cam Botanic Garden: Lonicera elisae, Cornus officinalis & Galanthus 'Magnet'. Much more to seek out if you're planning a visit this #weekend .

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More plants bringing #winter interest to #plant picks here Cam Botanic Garden this week including: Calliandra haematocephala (powderpuff), Betula utilis ssp. septentrionalis (Chinese red birch) & Quercus suber (cork oak).

I have a new job, as CEO of Ernest Cook Trust! Who are we? Our grants & learning transform young lives through nature and we own 9000 Ha across 9 estates from Cumbria to Dorset. In time, we’ll use our estates to show how land benefits people, produces food & supports biodiversity

'Perennial’s help is free and given in confidence. As a charity, it relies on the support of all those in the horticultural industry and from all of us who enjoy the benefits of their hard work. We can all play a part.' #AlanTitchmarsh

Donate: perennial.org.uk/home/getinvolv…

Thank you.

Don’t forget our website has lots of free online tools, advice & info to help you plan for 2024.

Take a look today for support with your health & wellbeing, money management, energy bills, benefits, career & more: perennial.org.uk/home/ways-we-c…
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Merry Christmas to all our supporters, donors, volunteers and followers!

Thank you so much for all your support throughout 2023 - we simply couldn't do what we do without you 💚🎄

#MerryChristmas #Horticulture #Charity #Christmas2023

What an incredible turnout – the crowds were fantastic. Thank you! Which was your favourite tractor?

#FarmersOnChristmasLightsTour #Baldock #Letchworth #Hitchin

Lat #plant picks of 2023 Cam Botanic Garden include Canarina canariensis, Chimonanthus praecox & Mahonia x media 'Underway' & all proving there's plenty still to admire in the garden in midwinter. More info @ botanic.cam.ac.uk

Is there a hint of Christmas in this week's plant picks Cam Botanic Garden? Viscum album (mistletoe); Ilex aquifolium (holly) & a conifer, Pseudotsuga menziesii (not a traditional Christmas tree choice), but all used as festive decoration. Come & see them in our collections.