Those explorers were a team of garden experts from across the UK and Ireland who were now on a historic mission to save and catalogue plants for the benefit of people and the planet.



Following in the footsteps of the historic plant hunters, find out what was in store for the team of modern-day collectors and how natural history has helped to shape gardens around the world.



Production

Host: Rosie Holdsworth

Producer: Jack Glover

Sound Design: Jesus Gomez



Contributors

Charlie Bancroft and team BIBET

Caroline Ikin



Images courtesy and with thanks from the Royal Botanic Gardens of Tasmania. All Rights Reserved.



Discover More

Explore a garden lovers home at Nymans in West Sussex where some of the collected species are now flourishing  https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/nymans



Read Charlie’s report here: https://merlin-trust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/718-Charlie-Bancroft-compressed.pdf



Find out more about historic plant hunters from our friends at Kew Gardens https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/adventure-and-discovery-around-the-world-with-plant-hunters



BIBET Botantic Gardens  

Republic of Ireland https://www.botanicgardens.ie/kilmacurragh/

Northern Ireland https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/mount-stewart Wales https://botanicgarden.wales/

Tasmania https://gardens.tas.gov.au/



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