Science
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Introducing… a surprising library
Most visitors to the National Botanic Garden of Wales probably don’t even know we have a library. We may be one of the Garden’s best kept secrets… but we don’t want to stay hidden! We welcome visitors whether researchers, students, the Garden’s members, or indeed anyone interested. Because the library is run entirely by volunteers, […]
Read moreYou are what you eat: our ongoing honey bee research
The Garden is using its hives and vast horticultural resource to investigate the foraging preferences of honey bees.
Read moreBeatrix Potter – mycologist extraordinaire
There is far more to Beatrix Potter than Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck and Squirrel Nutkin. She was an outstanding artist, a noted conservationist… and a significant scientist in the field of mycology
Read moreReintroducing meadow clary, Salvia pratensis to Wales
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is working with Natural Resources Wales to reintroduce meadow clary, a rare and native plant, to its former home.
Read moreNatasha joins global crime-fight
A Welsh scientist has joined an international fight to halt illegal trafficking of endangered species. Dr Natasha de Vere, Head of Science at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, is in Kenya teaching DNA barcoding techniques to their top boffins so they can identify species from tiny samples in the investigation and prosecution of wildlife […]
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