Alastair Culham
@BotanyRNG
Biodiversity-ist, Botanist, keen gardener and grower. Always ready for a challenge. Views expressed here are my own. Photos my own unless marked otherwise.
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http://www.reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/about/staff/a-culham.asp 27-04-2009 15:35:46
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There is no Planet B ππ
Thank you TVO Today | The Agenda, for letting me answer HS student, Missturaβs burning question about #ClimateChange
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We must find new ways of working together to overcome political inertia
#EarthDay2024
#OnePlanet
#ManufacturedEcosystems
Some of the trees on Uni of Reading #Whiteknights campus have a near monoculture of Claytonia perfoliata under them. This species is stable on the BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #Atlas2020 report plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.β¦
It's certainly doing well here!
The Sanctuary gardens at Chelsea are smaller gardens that highlight the benefits of gardening on our wellbeing. #RHSChelseaFlowerShow gardensillustrated.com/chelsea/chelseβ¦
One of the great things about working Uni of Reading UoR BioSci is my daily walk from home to the office. Here, I took a brief stop to record the beautiful sunny morning.
Chris Foster - you can probably tell me which birds I'm hearing π
#environment #commute
Productive cities that attract people to live them are efficient at moving people about, have clean air & are visually attractive.
Create trams & plant grass & sedum for them t o run on. Schiedam, π³π± π· π₯ via Melissa & Chris Bruntlett & πππππ πΆππππππ π
Looking through #Acanthaceae specimens today, I found this wonderful combination of pressing and painting. No collector name, no collection date. Does anyone recognise the handwriting?
NatSCA Herbarium Manchester RBGE_Herbarium Donna Young Yvette Harvey Guy Baxter
Drosera in flower in my glasshouse today. The pale pink flower has a beautiful sweet scent. #gardening #carnivorousplant
Weβre excited to have found a sustainable solution for expanding storage RBGE_Herbarium @RBGE_Science: repurposing old cabinets from RNG Herbarium. A big thank you to Alastair Culham for making this possible π
It is Today! Catch BBC Radio 4's GQT (3pm, repeated Sunday) from The Harris Garden Uni of Reading & you might hear Alastair Culham & Dr M still going wild! asking questions of the plantastic panel Matthew Biggs Juliet Sargeant & James A Wong expertly chaired by Peter Gibbs
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00β¦
Can you spot the ferns in this photo? One of the less common wild plants Uni of Reading #Whiteknights campus. Seen with Dr M still going wild! today. #Botany BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland British Pteridological Society UoR BioSci
Next week Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez & Dr M still going wild! teaching our undergraduates on this wonderful campus.
Job done! The last remaining grey cabinets are cleared, packed and ready to go to Edinburgh Botanic Garden. I'm looking forward to seeing these in their new home later in the year.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Olwen M. Grace @botanyRNG UoR BioSci
#HerbariumBarbie has plans for the floor space.
Two aisles of our grey metal herbarium cabinets will leave RNG Herbarium for a 420 mile trip to a new home Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Work started at 7.30am #recycle Alastair Culham Olwen M. Grace UoR BioSci
Re-use is key to Uni of Reading #sustainability policy sites.reading.ac.uk/sustainability/
Wonderful news from NatureScot! Four important projects to restore #ScotlandsRainforest will benefit, along with the local communities that rely on these woodlands. This is a notable step on the long journey to protect our rainforest for the future. nature.scot/projects-shareβ¦