The coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens has different leaves and smaller cones than the giant sequoia The American or Californian coast redwoods Sequoia sempervirens are still officially regarded as the tallest “tree” in the world with a record tree topping in at 115.5 meters in height in the California Redwood National Park. The other ...
Family activities include: - Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt - Meet Easter Bunny, Freddo and Caramello - Face painting - Craft corner - Pin the tail on the bunny - HOPscotch - Egg & Spoon Races - Story Telling - Entertainment for kids of all ages from Exit Left Performance Academy - And so much more! ...
Autumn can be an incredibly productive time in the garden, the soils are warm and there is still enormous potential for plant growth before the winters cool weather really begins. It also heralds the dawn of that time in the year earmarked for classical food crops such as garlic which are the treasure of the ...
Our ship the Akademik Shokalskiy at anchor in Perserverance Harbour - the island was uninhabited when we arrived - We left behind two staff from the NZ Department of Conservation who were setting the place up for an ambitious (and eventually successful) rat eradication program Images and story by Mark ...
There is always something putting on a show in the Gardens and the summer months are some of the best of times with many plants now reaching their full show glory! Meander through the many seemingly secret garden pathways and perhaps even discover that hidden treasure that you might be the first to see? Here ...
BEANS, BEANS ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART, THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU... benefit!! Sugar snap peas and broad beans in and out of the pod Bursting with nutritious value and great taste they are more than just a health fad, they make up one section of a much larger group of ...
Black Bat Flower Tacca chantrieri In a small darkish alcove of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Conservatory, the amazing Black Bat Flower, Tacca chantrieri, has come to roost. The incredibly unusual black blooms of this plant have an almost bat like appearance, and hence their name. The Black Bat Flower grows as an ...
Tasmanian news; 5 February 2016: Biosecurity Tasmania Home gardeners and property owners are reminded to be on the lookout for signs of the fungal disease Myrtle Rust. Continuing surveillance by DPIPWE has detected seven recent cases in private gardens in North-West Tasmania. Those diseased plants have been removed and destroyed. More detail at: http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/biosecurity/current-biosecurity-threats ...
There is always something putting on a show in the Gardens and the summer months are some of the best of times with many plants now reaching their full show glory! Meander through the many seemingly secret garden pathways and perhaps even discover that hidden treasure that you might be the first to see? Here ...
