Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
As Kew sees yet another titan arum flowering, Bonn Botanic Garden goes one better, with the amazing and totally unique site of three flowers emerging from the same corm. Just what have they been feeding it?
As a plant person and a Palace fan a story entitled Eden Project Plan For Crystal Palace Park would appear to have dual appeal. But why do I find myself checking the date in the diary? I thought spoof articles only went out on 1 April, not Friday 13th? To Read more …
A press release from the Forestry Commission claims that Scotland remains home to britain’s tallest tree as dughall mor reaches new heights. It seems that this particular douglas fir, whose name in Gaelic means big dark stranger, was claimed to have been overtaken by a tree in Wales, but that Read more …
The auction of the first batch, the so-called ‘collector’s edition’, of Wollemi pines appears to have been a great success, raising about 1 million Aussie dollars. But at the same time news reports are circulating that the wild population is threatened with a fungal infection. If the Wollemi pine is Read more …
Google’s Beta News service is a great place to find odd stories. Where else could you come across a news piece entitled Police allegedly find couple’s pot plants, where the people involved are a certain Mr & Mrs Beckham, and the location is called (no, not Beckingham Palace) Traverse City. Read more …
2005 has seen a prolific number of titan arums flower around the world. The latest appears to be in Washington, and has attracted a fair bit of media attention. Currently (24 November) Google News is listing over 200 pages covering this, ranging from ABC News through to the DCist blog Read more …