Botanic Garden Audio trail

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Botanic Garden Audio trail

An audio tour of the Botanic Garden, University of Oxford, told by its gardeners and author Philip Pullman.

  1. 05/28/2012

    21. Philip Pullman

    The celebrated author shares his passion for the Botanic Garden and reads from the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

    5 min

  2. 05/28/2012

    20. The gunnera

    The plant growing on the island in the lower garden pond.

    1 min

  3. 05/28/2012

    19. Green gardening

    The new Merton borders - the latest Botanic Garden experiment.

    1 min

  4. 05/28/2012

    18. The Madagascan palm

    The palm that's not a palm!

    1 min

  5. 05/28/2012

    17. Same or different?

    A cactus and a euphorbia - an example of convergent evolution.

    1 min

  6. 05/28/2012

    16. The fight for light

    The rainforest and the desert in the middle of the city of Oxford.

    1 min

  7. 05/28/2012

    15. The rosy periwinkle

    A pink flowered plant that provides a life-saving anti-cancer drug.

    1 min

  8. 05/28/2012

    14. The cocoa tree

    The most important tree in the garden - the chocolate giving tree.

    1 min
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An audio tour of the Botanic Garden, University of Oxford, told by its gardeners and author Philip Pullman.

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