Tropical Agriculture – Community Authorship
Our intrepid tropical typographers, Emily and Sarah, are about to start putting text in to their signage designs. I’m hoping that by blogging drafts of the text we plan to use it will be possible to...
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The Royal Horticultural Society – Tropical Glasshouse
Thanks to several collaborative projects I visit the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley on a regular basis. The big display greenhouse is maintained by Peter Jones, seen here in front of the...
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Thank you Annual Fund – Year 1 ends this month!
The first year of development of the Tropical Glasshouse project has been supported by a grant of £7000 from the University Annual Fund, a fund built from donor contributions. In May/June 2011 I...
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This blog was originally established to report on developments during our tropical glasshouse refurbishment, paid for by the Annual Fund, however it has proved popular and received a steady stream of...
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University of Reading Community Open Event, Monday 20 May 2013, Harris Garden...
Programme 1800 Arrivals and refreshments (Guests are requested to enter the University via the Pepper Lane entrance and follow signs to car park 13. The entrance to the Harris Garden will be...
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Community Open Event May 2013
The first group of local residents looking around the glasshouse. On Monday 20th May we held what might be considered the official opening of the Tropical Biodiversity Glasshouse. The University of...
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Cryptolaemus, Certis and Cotton-wool
The tropical biodiversity greenhouse has had a year to settle down now and the plant growth has been amazing. Species that had never grown more than a metre or two high are now double their previous...
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