Prof Kathy Willis, director of Science at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, with the omnibus edition of her history of our changing relationship with plants during the early 20th century. Show more
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Prof Kathy Willis, director of science at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, with an omnibus edition of her history of our relationship with plants during the early 20th century. Show more
Kathy Willis explores our changing relationship with plants. Show more
Prof Kathy Willis, director of science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with a final omnibus edition of her history of our relationship with plants. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Dynamic Rainforest
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Kathy Willis explores how DNA analysis is providing a new window into the evolution of the tropical rainforest. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Green and Pleasant Lands
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis examines the importance of green landscapes, parks and gardens for our health. What’s their future role? From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
The Great Providers
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis asks how much plant biodiversity is worth, and examines research into securing the future of crops. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Taming the Exotic
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis examines the Victorian race to flower the Amazonian waterlily in Britain’s giant greenhouses in the 1840s. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Tapping into Rubber
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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How the early dissemination of rubber seeds across the globe was the key to rubber's success. With Kathy Willis. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
An Ill Wind
15 minutes
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Kathy Willis visits Kew's arboretum to see how the 1987 hurricane led to a new understanding of effective tree care. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
A Useful Weed
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis examines how mapping plant genomes sheds new light on controlling plant traits and where they grow. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Capsules of Life
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis visits Kew's Millennium Seedbank to uncover the role of seedbanking in conserving plant diversity. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Capture and Drawdown
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis examines new ways to assess the role of plant biodiversity to our livelihoods and well-being. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
A Blooming Tree of Life
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis explores how DNA fingerprinting uncovered a new way to classify plants and an evolutionary tree of life. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
A Rose by Any Other Name
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Professor Kathy Willis’s history starts with botanist Carl Linnaeus and a revolutionary grammar for plants. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Orchidmania
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Kathy Willis explores the Victorian lust for orchids and Charles Darwin’s use of them as a key scientific tool. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Plant Invaders
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis examines the unwelcome side effects of moving plants and seeds around the world during the 19th century. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Patterns from Crossed Peas
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Kathy Willis explores how Gregor Mendel's famous pea experiments helped to revolutionise horticulture. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Plants to Shape Society
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Professor Kathy Willis examines how plants proved a new route to political power and the growth of Britain's Empire. From 2014. Show more
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Pressed Plants and Possibilities
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Professor Kathy Willis examines the vital significance of Kew's 19th-century herbarium collection of pressed plants. From 2014. Show more