Plants: From Roots to Riches - Willis Kathy
Plants: From Roots to Riches - Willis Kathy Tie-in to the landmark 25-part BBC Radio 4 series with Kew Gardens. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, will show…
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Plants: From Roots to Riches - Willis Kathy
Tie-in to the landmark 25-part BBC Radio 4 series with Kew Gardens. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, will show how the last 250 years transformed Britain's relationship with plants. The peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way, and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes readers back to where it all began.
As the British Empire painted the atlas red, explorers, adventurers, and scientists brought the most interesting specimens and information back to London. Behind the scenes at the Botanical Gardens all kinds of surprising things have been going on. From the discovery of Botany Bay to the horrors of the potato famine, from orchid hunters to quinine smugglers, from Darwin's experiments to the unexpected knowledge unlocked by the 1987 hurricane, understanding how plants work has changed the UK's history and could safeguard their
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