botanics
“The plant messiah”
A love story for plants. "The Plant Messiah" is the nickname given to Carlos Magdalena, an asturian who, from an early age, was attracted to the world of plants. However, it was not until he was 28 that he began training and working as a botanical horticulturist, eventually becoming one ...
Women who transformed the world of plants and fungi
The Marianne North Gallery, RBG Kew The article "Women who transformed the world of plants and fungi" from Grace Brewer was published in March 2020 at the Kew Garden website in honour of International Women’s Day, learn about leading female plant and fungal scientists, illustrators and horticulturist throughout history ...
The Plant Messiah
"The Plant Messiah". Adventures in search of the World's rarest Species. Carlos Magdalena, tropical botanical horticulturist at RBG Kew, dedicated to saving and conserving endangered plants. One of the extraordinary stories told by Magdalena in her book is that of the brown coffee plant, Ramosmania rodriguesii, a native of Rodrigues ...