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Date Title & Description Contributors
2022-12-09

  Curating plant-love at The Calyx

Go behind the scenes with Senior Horticulturist Terra-Nova Sadowski at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to discover what it takes to curate and care for the incredible display of over 20,000 plants inside The Calyx. The latest immersive horticulture dis...
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-10-21

  Fast Flora Facts: Machete-wielding plant

Discover how the creator of the machete-wielding philodendron turned this harmless houseplant into armed greenery in this 'fast flora facts' edition of Branch Out.
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-10-10

  Tree detective at the pub

Branch Out host Vanessa Fuchs went to the Pint of Science event at the Keg & Brew in Surry Hills, Sydney to hear an awesome presentation from Dr Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez - a researcher from Western Sydney University known as the “tree detective.”
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-09-15

  Fast Flora Facts: is loving nature in your dna?

An experiment in the 90's by two Russian artists revealed that people from various countries around the world all like the same kind of painting. Discover why and what the results of a new study using twins says about our love for nature.
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-08-11

  Predicting seed germination under climate change

To help protect plant species from the impacts of climate change, scientists from the Australian Institute of Botanical Science and UNSW created a cutting-edge data framework for predicting seed germination using a thermogradient plate.
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-08-04

  Fast Flora Facts: Famous friendship plant

Throughout human history, the gifting and trading of plants has been a way for people to connect. Discover the story behind the Instagram-famous 'friendship plant' that used to be impossible to find, and how you can grow one at home.
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-07-29

  Saving orchids from extinction

Orchids are found on every continent, except Antarctica, growing everywhere from hot swamps to cold mountain tops. Unfortunately, a large proportion of Aussie native orchids are threatened or endangered. From isolating the fungi needed to germinate the...
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-07-22

  Fast Flora Facts: Tulip mania

During the era of the Dutch golden age in 1637, it’s said that one tulip bulb could of bought you a beautiful house on the canal in Amsterdam. Discover how the obsession with these unique flowers allegedly caused the first and most famous market bubble...
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-07-08

  Zero Waste Hacks

From the 'great pacific garbage patch' to 'wet wipe island' - pollution is out of control. But in 2021, Gary Moran went viral for not needing to put out his red council bin for 3 years and 4 months. Discover his simple hacks to reduce your household wa...
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author
2022-07-01

  Fast Flora Facts: Forensic Botany

Microscopic hairs of a leaf clinging to a murder suspect's jacket is all a forensic botanist needs to crack the case. Discover how two high-profile kidnapping-murder cases in America and Australia were solved using forensic botany and how the field has...
  Australian Institute of Botanical Science author