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14 No. 4, Autumn2005
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Warm
enough for aliens
By Roy Anderson
The world of science and horticulture is gradually awakening to
the twin threats posed by a changing climate and the associated
problem of alien and invasive faunas. Roy Anderson reviews the situation.
Letter
from New Zealand
By Rocky Cole
Young Horticulturist of the Year winner Rocky Cole writes home with
news of his adventures as a conservationist in New Zealand.
Jewel
in the city
By Mike Browell and Zoe Wareham
Sheffield's Winter Garden, the centrepiece of a regeneration strategy,
has at its heart an interior public park. Mike Browell and Zoe Wareham
are responsible for the success of this horticultural showpiece
in their home city. They outline the path from concept to completion.
Plants
that changed my life
By Caroline Boisset
Caroline Boisset's top ten plants weave a path through her life
from childhood through her studies and professional employment,
linking friends and family and reappearing at different stages and
places in her life and garden.
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14 No. 3, Summer 2005
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Plants
that changed my life
By Sue Minter
Sue Minter's top ten plants follow a chronological path through
her life so far and begin very close to home with the aromatic plant
that linked phonetically to her surname gave her schoolfriends a
chance to 'mint' the perfect nickname for her.
Water
for horticulture
By Graham Warren
Water is a vital ingredient for horticultural crop production and
represents less than 1% of the total water abstracted in England
and Wales. It is wholly consumptive and the imposition of more stringent
controls together with other factors, will make management of crop
requirements increasingly uncertain and costly. Graham Warren outlines
the current situation.
How
will the pathogens fare?
By Kevin Clancy
Tree cover and climate change was the subject of a recent seminar
held at Glasnevin, Dublin. Kevin Clancy's, examining the diseases
of woody plants, asked if climate change might result in changes
in virulence of the relevant pathogens.
In
the beginning was the wort…
By Simon Hart
In common with many horticulturists Simon Hart is interested in
the several and varied uses to which plants are put. He got to wondering
over a pint or two of ale just what plants lay behind the labels
on botanic or herbal ales. The results of his research suggest a
bright future for herbs and other plants in a brewing niche.
In
the beginning was the wort…
By Simon Hart
In common with many horticulturists Simon Hart is interested in
the several and varied uses to which plants are put. He got to wondering
over a pint or two of ale just what plants lay behind the labels
on botanic or herbal ales. The results of his research suggest a
bright future for herbs and other plants in a brewing niche.
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14 No. 2, Spring 2005
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Plants
that changed my life
By Peter Thoday
There were no Eureka moments in the list of ten plants that changed
Peter Thoday's life. Rather, he suggests it was a slow osmosis and
he makes no apologies for the fact that the plants he has chosen
are all ones that he came to know in his chlorophyll-rich, horticultural
childhood as the son of a head gardener.
Examining
education
By John Mason
Everyone knows education is costly and frequently ineffective, but
nevertheless very important. John Mason outlines how pressures from
government, bureaucracy and free- market forces have brought about
changes in recent decades, but suggests that the desired result
still seems elusive.
Registering
the Chinese
By Rupert Knowles
The tentacles of assured produce have spread to north-west China
where those apple growers on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province
who export to Europe are experiencing the implications of the old
English concept of a 'level playing field'. Rupert Knowles reports
on Pesticide training in north-west China.
Royal
reputation
By Dennis Clarke
St James's Park is internationally known as a first class example
of the model English landscape. Dennis Clarke describes some of
the Royal Parks' initiatives to restore and enhance this historical
landscape in accordance with Nash's original plans.
Blooming
renaissance
By Doug Stacey
The Britain in Bloom campaign is sowing the seeds for community
and service regeneration. Doug Stacey reports on the benefits this
contest brings to community, environment and the profession of horticulture.
Entente
Florale
By Maurice Baren
Many members will have heard of Britain in Bloom, now administered
by the Royal Horticultural Society, but perhaps only a few will
know of Entente Florale - although it has been in existence for
almost 30 years. Maurice Baren reports on his tour of duty representing
the UK on the European Jury Panel.
Strategic
Science Provision in the English Universities
Investing
in Skills : Taking Forward the Skills Strategy
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Lifelong
Learning
By John F Bennett
Colleges need support if they are to meet future needs for highly
trained and professional horticulturists. John F Bennett highlights
the changes that have affected the range, quantity and quality of
horticultural education and training, and looks at what happens
next.
A fresh look at mint
By Catherine Kerr
For her thesis dissertation prepared as part of her BSc (Hons) Degree in Horticulture at
the Scottish Agricultural College Catherine Kerr analysed the volatile oils produced by
watermint. In this abbreviated version she analyses detailed data and suggests that there
are commercial horticultural possibilities for watermint
Three cheers for hippeastrums
By Veronica Read
Veronica Read's fascination with Hippeastrum began after a visit to the Keukenhof,
Lisse, in the Netherlands, in spring 1993. There she saw a splendid display of hybrids in
myriad shapes, sizes, colours and patterns and her desire to learn everything she could
about the plant, and to acquire and cultivate as many different hybrids as possible, was
ignited. She reports on new breeding developments and charts the progress of her collection
of Hippeastrum.
Plants that
changed my life
By Jim Gardiner
His parents were aero engineers, so a career in horticulture was not
strictly on the cards. But it was the planting of garden at the family
home in Gloucestershire that saw the start of his life-long interest
in woody plants, in particular magnolias, and a career involving major
plant collections and arboreta. Jim Gardiner selects the plants that
have been important to him at home and at work.
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