Passion for Plants - Lord Howe Wonders
Dr Tim Entwisle visited Lord Howe Island for the first time last year and saw just a few of the plants that are found only on this seven-million year old, 56 square kilometre, volcanic island.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The Busy Bursaria
A plant that can be used as suncream that attracts the birds and the bees, and a few beetles too, is the subject of this gardening spotlight.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - An arty habitat
A major new sculpture is coming to the Botanic Gardens, with a view of Sydney Harbour.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The Flowering Bluetongue
With more than 20,000 species of flowering plants in Australia it's not surprising to discover a plant you haven't heard of before.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Lovely Lilly Pilly Lilly
Lilly pillies have taken off as a hedge plant in Australia and you can even eat their fruit, as we discover...
View ArticlePassion for Plants - First carrot
What would the first vegetables brought to Australia have been like?
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The coolest Botanic Garden
Mount Tomah Botanic Garden is the Botanic Gardens Trust's cool mountain garden and you can find it off Bells Line of Road.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Danger Will Robinson! Autumn leaves!
You can just enjoy the spectacular autumn colours at Mount Tomah Botanic Garden or you can ask why - I like to do both.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Botanical Window to the Blue Mountains
The World Heritage Exhibition Centre is about to open and is expected to draw in thousands of new visitors to Mount Tomah Botanic Garden each year.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Kerguelen's Land Cabbage
Everything you've ever wanted to know, or didn't know you should know, about Kerguelen's Land Cabbage.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The Misty Plume Bush
I've been waiting for a chance to talk about this plant that sounds like a country and western singer, or porn star, or both... and one with a World Cup connection.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Rising from the Dead
Plants cope with drought in lots of different ways - some have thick protective skins, others store water and many are covered in hairs to reduce evaporation but a few plants allow themselves to 'die'...
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Springing to Life
It makes sense that, in many countries, the start of spring is also the start of the New Year.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The Spitting Plant
Because plants tend to do things slowly (like grow), botanists get excited when they react quickly, such as plants that spit...
View ArticlePassion for Plants - You say Tomato, I say Kumato
While consumers struggle with the brown colour of the Kumato, breeders say its taste makes up for its looks, and it has exotic origins too.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Our Ozzie Nut
We delve in to the world of the only native Australian food to be internationally traded, one that is currently exported to over 40 countries.
View ArticlePassion for plants - Floss Silk Pillows
A fluffy story that travels from Central America to your pillow, with a local relative too.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - An Iris for Mrs Macquarie
On Sunday 10 October, a Tall Bearded Iris called 'Elizabeth Macquarie' will be launched in Windsor, one of five 'Macquarie' towns in New South Wales.
View ArticleAcacia and alchemy
Thirroul based "found objects" visual artist Tanya Stubbles, makes stunning artworks from acacia plants.
View ArticleNative rice may hold key to food future
Australian native rice may contain valuable genes that could help buffer the world's rice crop against the damage wrought by rising global temperatures.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Build me up buttercup
Buttercups may seem like weeds from the northern hemisphere but they actually have a rich native heritage, and even have a lethal twist in their plot.
View ArticlePassion for Plants gets Pretty in Pink
From bottles to flames, there is a tree species with colourful names and colourful flowers that has captured the hearts of many and one painter in particular.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Deep throat attracts moths
Even this late in the year there are still some flowers coming into bloom in the 'spring walk', such as this exotic South American.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - lion's fat, python's fat and wisteria
What connection could there possibly be between lions, pythons and a plant at the Botanic Gardens? Tim Entwisle knows...
View ArticlePassion for Plants - Leather Jacket and other summer fashions
The Leather Jacket is just one of the plants that surprises us by flowering in mid-summer (and not being a fish or piece of clothing).
View ArticlePassion for Plants - An Australian botanical Christmas
When Europeans first arrived in Australia they were delighted that they could pick wildflowers resembling bells and bright green foliage covered in red or white flowers to use as Christmas decorations.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - a slippery plant solution
How could a plant in the botanic gardens be changing the world, everywhere from our kitchens to outer space?
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The King's Botanist
No speech from the King's Botanist who created history without horse and cart but surrounded by cabbages and turnips.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - The story behind a maiden hair that stinks
Every plant has a story to tell and the one that carries the pungent smelling fruit of the Ginkgo has many.
View ArticlePassion for plants - Bunya Bonyi Bunyi Ba'njii
A name with disputed origins, a journey to the UK and back, and a tasty treat inside - the Bunya Bunya has an intriguing story to tell.
View ArticlePassion for Plants - A few of my favourite (plant) things
For the last five years, Dr Tim Entwisle from the Royal Botanic Gardens has given us insights in to the plant world but now he's off to Kew Gardens in London and this is his final Passion for Plants -...
View ArticleWaratahs warm to climate change
Australia's native flora maybe more adaptable to climate change than previously thought.
View ArticleLight speed research nets Eureka prize
A world-leading researcher in photonics, a globetrotting plant biologist and the creator of a popular climate change website are some of the winners announced at tonight's Eureka Prizes held in Sydney.
View ArticleForest emissions driven by biological clock
A new study has found circadian rhythms control volatile gas emissions from plants, shedding light on an atmospheric modelling conundrum.
View ArticleCycads not so ancient after all
Cycads may look like they belong in a Jurassic swamp, but a new study has revealed they evolved long after dinosaurs disappeared.
View ArticleAncient cycads not so ancient, research finds
The distinctive cycad plant is popular the world over, as much for its attractive green fronds as for its link to the prehistoric world.
View ArticleFlowers bring warnings and memories in Springtime
Jacarandas blooming is one of the sure signs of Spring but it also means much more to many people, so what is the story of one of Australia's favourite flowering trees?
View ArticleBotanic Gardens banking on seed archive
Construction of the largest seedbank in the southern hemisphere is underway in Sydney's south west. It'll be known as Plant Bank and will eventually house up to 25,000 plant species not only from...
View ArticleBotanic Gardens banking on seed archive
Construction of the largest seedbank in the southern hemisphere is underway in Sydney's south west. It'll be known as Plant Bank and will eventually house up to 25,000 plant species not only from...
View ArticleThe meaning of life
Science photographer Malcolm Ricketts' stunning images of plants and animals are the result of almost thirty years documenting the work of University of Sydney scientists.
View ArticleSwimmers back at Bondi as crimson tide clears
Beaches in Sydney's east have re-opened after a bright red algal bloom cleared up.
View ArticleGermaine Greer's secret passion for planting
Can reforesting a small dairy farm make a big difference? Germaine Greer thinks so - in this extended interview she tells Quentin Dempster about her hidden passion to plant rare native trees - the...
View ArticleBest of 2015: Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert allows curiosity to guide her, as it does the heroine of her most recent novel. (R)
View ArticleSydney's Royal Botanic Garden opens new $17m exhibition centre to celebrate...
A $17 million centre with the largest living green wall in the southern hemisphere opens at the Royal Botanic Garden as part of celebrations of its bicentenary.
View ArticleInside 12 of the world's coolest glasshouses
Like a prize-winning cupcake, the world's best glasshouses are as much (or more) about what they look like from the outside as what they contain.
View ArticleBringing rare Australian native plant Banksia vincentia back from the brink
With only five plants left growing in the wild, the race is on to bring the Banksia vincentia back from the brink.
View ArticleWho were the geniuses who acquired the land for the Australian Botanic Garden...
Curious Sydney investigates the people who made the "absolutely visionary" decision to create Sydney's unique Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.
View ArticleMysteries of pristine Kimberley wilderness are being unravelled at last
It's home to as much biodiversity as the Great Barrier Reef, but this remote area of Western Australia has been largely a mystery to scientists, until now.
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