The Oxford Botanic Garden is a national reference collection of 7,000 different types of plant, making it the most compact yet diverse collection of plants in the World - there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and other biodiversity hotspots. Many gardeners come here to seek inspiration. In the beds and borders you may find new plants that would be perfect in your garden at home and partly for this reason we strive to label clearly every plant in ...
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A chemistry tour of the Oxford University Botanic Garden.
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An audio tour of the Botanic Garden, University of Oxford, told by its gardeners and author Philip Pullman.
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Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.Alison Foster
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One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest.Alison Foster
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How plants manage to photosynthesise in extreme environments.Alison Parkin
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Why chlorophyll and hence plants, looks green.Alison Parkin
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How chemistry can change the colour of dye molecules from plants.James McCullagh
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Hear about natures natural nitrogen fixers.Kylie Vincent
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Why nitrogen is important to plants and the communities of microorganisms living in the soil.Kylie Vincent
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Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.James McCullagh
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Many modern medicines are derived from plants.Alison Foster
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The notorious history of healing molecules. Many molecules from plants can be used as medicines but are also toxic if the dose is too large.Diane Lim
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The photosynthetic machinery inside plants is explained.Alison Parkin
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Pigments from plants are different colours depending on the chemical environment they are in.Elizabeth Rayment
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How chillis and a euphorbia are helping to produce new painkillers.Ed Anderson
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How chemistry impacts on decaffeination of the world's second most popular drink.Gem Toes
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Ginger contains a cocktail of different molecules. The different molecules in dried, cooked and fresh ginger lead to different flavours.Ed Anderson
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The lotus plant has inspired the development of new self-cleaning materials.James McCullagh
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How plants use energy from the sun to make food from carbon dioxide and water.Alison Parkin
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Sir Robert Robinson used the Botanic Garden in his research investigating the structures of alkaloids derived from plants.Ed Anderson
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Hear what the word organic means to a chemist.Alison Foster
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Everything is made of chemicals - whether they are from a natural source or not.Alison Foster
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A welcome to the Botanic Garden and the Chemistry at the Garden audio trail from the Senior Curator, Dr Alison Foster.Alison Foster
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The celebrated author shares his passion for the Botanic Garden and reads from the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.Phillip Pullman
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The plant growing on the island in the lower garden pond.Timothy Walker
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The new Merton borders - the latest Botanic Garden experiment.Timothy Walker
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The palm that's not a palm!Kate Pritchard
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A cactus and a euphorbia - an example of convergent evolution.Timothy Walker
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The rainforest and the desert in the middle of the city of Oxford.Kate Pritchard
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A pink flowered plant that provides a life-saving anti-cancer drug.Timothy Walker
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The most important tree in the garden - the chocolate giving tree.Lili Friend
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How the venus fly trap catches its food.Lili Friend
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Lili talks about the water lilies she looks after every day.Lili Friend
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Hear about JRR Tolkiens favourite tree!Timothy Walker
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How photosynthesis explains why this tree has grown so large.Timothy Walker
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A plant growing on a tree! Emma describes how it comes to be growing on this tree.Emma Williams
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No-one knew this tree still existed until the middle of the last century - hear about its name and its discovery.Emma Williams
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At its best in May when it is covered in white handkerchiefs. Hear why the tree makes them.Timothy Walker
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An ancient species that saw the dinosaurs come and go!Timothy Walker
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The oldest tree in the Botanic Garden is now an important source of an anti-cancer medicine.Timothy Walker, Emma Williams
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The deciduous magnolia and the evergreen magnolia - disadvantages and advantages of two different ways to be a plant.Timothy Walker
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An explanation of the features of the plant labels at the Botanic Garden.Timothy Walker
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An introduction to the Botanic Garden by the Director, Timothy Walker.Timothy Walker
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Manipulating plant genes - how do you actually do it?
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We often hear in the news about GM (Genetic Modification or Manipulation) but what does it actually involve? In this lecture Liam Dolan will explain how scientists go about manipulating the instruction manuals of plants with illustrations from his own research.Liam Dolan
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Achieving food security and sustainability for 9 billion
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To ensure food security for the increasing world population in a environmentally sustainable way, we must double productivity on the same area of land. as well as address the concerns of modern high input agriculture, declining water availability and climate change. Join us to hear Chris Leaver talk about the importance of investing in science and …
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Plants in a chemical world
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Plants are able to metabolise a surprisingly diverse range of synthetic chemicals including pesticides and pollutants. These chemical reactions are important in global agriculture, as the ability of crops to metabolise herbicides rapidly is the primary determining factor in selective weed control in all our major cereals. In addition these chemical…
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From hairy roots to new medicines
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Modern medicine uses many compounds which are isolated from plants. For example, vinblastine, which is used to treat many types of cancer, is isolated from the leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle. Sarah O'Connor will talk about her work in understanding the process by which the plant makes this substance. Not only will this lead to cheaper vinblast…
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The gene garden
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The spectacular variety of colour and growth form seen in our gardens is the result of the action of thousands of genes operating in pathways and networks. However, the basic principles of genetics are very simple and this lecture will explain how genes work, how they give rise to colour and form, and how they are re-assorted during reproduction to…
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Using Science to Enhance Root Function in Crops
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Part of the Future of Crops Lecture Series held at the Oxford Botanic Gardens. Enhancing root function offers great promise in the development of sustainable crops. This lecture will highlight the critical role played by roots in nutrient uptake and review the most recent scientific breakthroughs in this area. The future application of technologies…
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The OneOak Project:using science and art to revive Britain's wood culture
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Part of the Future of Crops lecture series delivered at the Oxford Botanic Gardens. Trees, woodlands and their product, wood, surround our lives. In Britain today, people that access or connect with woodlands do so through a society that cherishes the beauty of the treescape and the wildlife it supports. A new dawn is breaking for forestry. Can we …
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Rice as a crop - a 100 year perspective from 1950 to 2050
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Part of the Future of Crops lecture series delivered at the Oxford Botanic Gardens. Many of the World's poorest people depend upon rice for almost their entire calorific intake. Increases in rice yields are trailing behind increases in population growth and at this rate, by 2050, there will not be enough rice to go around. In this lecture, Jane wil…
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The Artemisinin Supply for Malaria Control
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Part of the Healing Power of Plants lecture series given at the Botanic Gardens. Dianna Bowles OBE from the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products in York has led pioneering work on the development of new higher yielding varieties of Artemisia annua which can be grown in developing countries to provide a supply of artemisinin for use in essential m…
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