52 episodes
Branch Out Botanic Gardens of Sydney
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4.6 • 31 Ratings
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From catching killers to making medicine - discover the surprising world of plants with your host, Vanessa Fuchs, as you hear from passionate experts from around the world protecting flora and our future.
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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 display is called Love Your Nature. It celebrates and showcases the colourful, diverse, and fascinating world of plant reproduction and diversity. You'll learn about prehistoric plants that use clones, spores, and seeds to reproduce, and flowering plants that employ colours, shapes, and scents to attract animals. The Calyx is open daily from 10am to 4pm.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Customer Reviews
Enjoy!
Enjoy the pod - really enjoyed the witchcraft and forensic epis!
Wonderful
I’ve learned a bunch about plants and botany, the podcast is engaging and entertaining. Keep up the good work guys 😁
Outstanding Podcast!!!
This is one of my favorite podcasts of all time! I love how it delves not only into the cool things about plants native to Australia, but also into how they fit into the cultures and landscape of the Australian continent.