Botanic Garden Audio trail

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

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Episode	Description	People	Date
21. Philip Pullman	The celebrated author shares his passion for the Botanic Garden and reads from the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.	Phillip Pullman	28 May, 2012
20. The gunnera	The plant growing on the island in the lower garden pond.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
19. Green gardening	The new Merton borders - the latest Botanic Garden experiment.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
18. The Madagascan palm	The palm that's not a palm!	Kate Pritchard	28 May, 2012
17. Same or different?	A cactus and a euphorbia - an example of convergent evolution.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
16. The fight for light	The rainforest and the desert in the middle of the city of Oxford.	Kate Pritchard	28 May, 2012
15. The rosy periwinkle	A pink flowered plant that provides a life-saving anti-cancer drug.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
14. The cocoa tree	The most important tree in the garden - the chocolate giving tree.	Lili Friend	28 May, 2012
13. Insect eating plants	How the venus fly trap catches its food.	Lili Friend	28 May, 2012
12. The Victoria lily	Lili talks about the water lilies she looks after every day.	Lili Friend	28 May, 2012
10. The black pine	Hear about JRR Tolkiens favourite tree!	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
09. The hornbeam	How photosynthesis explains why this tree has grown so large.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
08. Mistletoe	A plant growing on a tree! Emma describes how it comes to be growing on this tree.	Emma Williams	28 May, 2012
07. The dawn redwood	No-one knew this tree still existed until the middle of the last century - hear about its name and its discovery.	Emma Williams	28 May, 2012
06. The handkerchief tree	At its best in May when it is covered in white handkerchiefs. Hear why the tree makes them.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
05. The ginkgo	An ancient species that saw the dinosaurs come and go!	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
04. The yew tree	The oldest tree in the Botanic Garden is now an important source of an anti-cancer medicine.	Timothy Walker, Emma Williams	28 May, 2012
03. The two magnolias	The deciduous magnolia and the evergreen magnolia - disadvantages and advantages of two different ways to be a plant.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
02. What do the labels mean?	An explanation of the features of the plant labels at the Botanic Garden.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012
01. Welcome to the Botanic Garden	An introduction to the Botanic Garden by the Director, Timothy Walker.	Timothy Walker	28 May, 2012

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