#university of oxford botanic garden

[escapismsworld]

📍 University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum. 🍃🌿

#dark academia #light academia #classical #academia aesthetic #escapism #academia #books and libraries #classic literature #books #architecture #outdoor #university of oxford #botanic garden #arboretum #historical #plants #flowers #nature #green #royal core #cottage core #aesthetics #mood #vibe #tumblr

[tragicotps]

Summer in Oxford ☀️🌸

#oxford #cities #just some of my pictures from this summer visiting oxford #doing the his dark materials walk :)))) #its so beautiful #every city should look like this one #oxford botanic garden #oxford university #summer in oxford #mine #his dark materials #the bench ❤️ #my edit #fic inspo #click for bigger #love seeing cities where stories in books take place #pretty places

[serenpedac]

Wonderful human being - an ask for you, for any/all of your favourite pairings. What's something that they love/want to share with their significant other? Do they cook/bake for them, what would they make? Or is it something they love, something that brings them joy, a place or activity or thing that they want to share with their SO too? And I have a bias, I said all pairings and it's true, but I would love to hear from Yael, Susan and Gabi and their SOs!

<3333 Lovely person, hi! And thank you!

Yael: In true Yael-fashion, this is a rather dramatic answer, but herself. In a sexy way as well, haha, but most of all the things she loves, what she's thinking, what she's feeling. She's not used to someone actually being interested in all of her, but it's something she longs for. It shows in her opening up to Nate more and letting him be there for her when she's struggling. As a more conscious choice, she would restore an antique piece that she knows he will love as a gift for him. She knows he'll understand and value the piece itself, as well as the time it took her to find it, and the effort (love) she put into restoring it. (For the antique shop AU, I've been doing research into marquetry and came across a Persian inlay technique called khatam that is stunning. I have ideas)

Susan: This was a tough one. Susan is quite content to enjoy things by herself. Something she does value is exchanging thoughts about whatever topic holds her interest. Because she's fine being by herself, it's not so much her wanting to share her thoughts (she does like that, but it's not the main thing), but more the exchange of knowledge, seeing different perspectives. Adding things to each other, if that makes sense?

For a more concrete answer, she would like to take Nate to the botanical gardens in Oxford. This is a place her father would take her sometimes when she was little and she has fond memories of it. This is true for both coffeehouse Susan and modern-AU Susan. Since her father died in both universes, it feels like this is the closest Nate and her father would be able to get to meeting each other.

Gabi: All the science stuff! She loves learning about the world around her and wants to share this with Farah. It's about having a sense of wonder at all these amazing and cool things that exist and experiencing that together. I think she and Farah are similar in this regard, but that they also complement each other: Gabi is more rational and would rather observe and try to understand than jumping straight into things, which fits nicely with Farah's excitement and joy to experience life.

#oc: yael greene #oc: gabi sousa #oc: susan greene #i'm not entirely sure if this answered the question #i've been thinking about this for the past two days #may have been overthinking it afdsfd #but it was fun!

[kirjavas]

The very last chapter decoration in Northern Lights was this one. It took ages—I must have done hundreds till I got Lyra's face looking more or less right. She's looking up at the universe opening out above her, and wondering at the extraordinary spectacle while being daunted by the thought of what she now has to do, while simultaneously being absolutely determined to do it... But as far as we're concerned here, the most significant thing is what's not there. Every one of the other pictures is in a box—it has a frame, a border around it. This one doesn't. All the barriers have been smashed, all the frontiers have been blown away, the whole universe is wide open; so there's nothing shutting her in.

And now the last picture of all. How could I represent the subject of the last chapter of The Amber Spyglass, in which Lyra and Will have to part? Their farewell takes place in the Botanic Garden in Oxford, and I went there and drew this bit and that bit but none of my attempts worked. Finally I decided to abandon the idea of simple representation—the heart of that chapter isn't about a place or a space, really, it's about love and loss—so I thought it best to be kind of abstract about it and go for something entirely symbolic. Will and Lyra are bound together by their love, but they have to face away from each other for ever.

— Philip Pullman, Dæmon Voices

#philip pullman continues to hurt me in the best way possible #the fact that neither of these illustrations have a border like the others... something about the worlds being open #but the flowers also fill the space to form a box because lyra and will are closed off from each other #god this book is a gem #his dark materials #philip pullman #daemon voices #northern lights #the amber spyglass

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Julia Loken is a watercolour artist based in Eynsham, near Oxford, where she and her husband live in a 220 year old cottage with beautiful flower and vegetable gardens. Here she grows many of the plants that appear in her paintings, but she also enjoys painting a variety of country landscapes, both at home and abroad.

Before starting to paint professionally, Julia worked for 20 years as a botanical illustrator, making detailed pen and ink illustrations for textbooks and botanical publications. She was originally employed at the Forest-Botany Herbarium at Oxford University, England, but then worked freelance when she moved with her husband to the United States for five years. This work continued when they returned to Oxford, now with two children.

In 1980, she turned her attention to watercolours, and with no formal training, began to paint. Her interest in botany, and her love of plants naturally led her to choose these forms as her main subjects, but she also enjoys painting a variety of country landscapes, both at home and abroad.

#Julia Loken

[rosalyn51]

⭐️𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞⭐️ Fancy tea with the very "still" Matthew Clairmont on a Sunday? OR wine with real #MatthewGoodE, who "talks too much"? 😅😂🤫

*Post inspired by Booksgleam's "and his stillness made me realize how much I moved, constantly blinking, breathing, and rearranging myself. " post on Twitter.

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📖🫖✨

"Diana?" he prompted.

"I could eat," I admitted hesitantly, "and I'd kill for some tea."

He nodded, his eyes back on the traffic. "I know just the place."

Clairmont steered up the hill and took a right down the High Street. We passed the statue of George II's wife standing under the cupola at The Queen's College, then headed toward Oxford's botanical gardens. The hushed confines of the car made Oxford seem even more otherworldly than usual, its spires and towers appearing suddenly out of the quiet and fog.

We didn't talk, and his stillness made me realize how much I moved, constantly blinking, breathing, and rearranging myself. Not Clairmont. He never blinked and seldom breathed, and his every turn of the steering wheel or push of the pedals was as small and efficient as possible, as if his long life required him to conserve energy. I wondered again how old Matthew Clairmont was.

The vampire darted down a side street, pulling up in front of a tiny cafe that was packed with locals bolting down plates of food. Some were reading the newspaper; others were chatting with their neighbors at adjoining tables. All of them, I noted with pleasure, were drinking huge mugs of tea.

"I didn't know about this place," I said.

"It's a well-kept secret," he said mischievously. "They don't want university dons ruining the atmosphere."

- A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness p.66

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#matthew goode #a discovery of witches #matthew clairmont #matthewgoode #henry talbot #downton abbey #matthew de clermont #diana bishop #adow #adowtv #all souls trilogy #deborah harkness #all souls series #vampire #ancient vampire #tea #oxford #oxford university #book quotes #book #stillness #be still #goode performance

[katiajewelbox]

Check out this exciting event from the The Linnean Society of London!

From the event page:

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As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia - the plant with the world's largest flowers. He crafted life-size replicas in an abandoned cemetery, carefully bringing them to life with paper and paint. Today he is a botanist at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden and has dedicated his life to studying the biology of such extraordinary plants, working alongside botanists and foresters in Southeast Asia to document these huge, mysterious blooms.

Pathless Forest is the story of his journey to study and protect this remarkable plant - a biological enigma, still little understood, which invades vines as a leafless parasite and steals its food from them. We join him on a mind-bending adventure, as he faces a seemingly impenetrable barrier of weird, wonderful and sometimes fearsome flora; finds himself smacking off leeches, hanging off vines, wading through rivers; and following indigenous tribes into remote, untrodden rainforests in search of Rafflesia's ghostly, foul-smelling blooms, more than a metre across.

We depend on plants for our very existence, but two in five of the world's species are threatened with extinction - nobody knows how many species of Rafflesia might already have disappeared through deforestation. Pathless Forest is part thrilling adventure story and part an inspirational call to action to safeguard a fast-disappearing wilderness. To view plants in a different way, as vital for our own future as for that of the planet we share. And to see if Rafflesia itself can be saved.

Chris Thorogood is a botanist and lecturer at the University of Oxford, where he holds the position of Deputy Director and Head of Science at Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, and a Visiting Professor at the University of the Philippines. His research focuses on the evolution of parasitic and carnivorous plants, taxonomic diversity in biodiversity hotspots around the world, and biomimetics - exploring the potential applications of plants in technology. An author and broadcaster, he makes regular appearances on TV and radio and is also an award-winning botanical illustrator and wildlife artist. Obsessed with plants, he is on a mission to make us see them differently, and realize how we, they, and our planet, are all connected.

#katia plant scientist #botany #plant biology #plants #plant science #nature #online event #london events #naturalist #naturecore #rafflesia #southeast asia #cute guy

[yourlocalfaerie]

For all those lovely fanfic writers who wanna write AUs about Baz going to Oxford. I’m making a list of Oxford uni/city things people get wrong. And things I think are interesting/funny. From not an Oxford student but someone who lives there and is best friends with Oxford students as well as someone who regularly breaks into their buildings and is in one of their societies.

It’s mostly a walking City, like I mean you can’t even drive in through the city centre unless you are a taxi or bus.

No student has their car. ESPECIALLY not Oxford students. It’s highly not recommended when you apply. It’s not worth the hassle having a car.

If you wanna get anywhere, there’s a train station, buses and this thing called the OxTube which is a massive coach that drives from Oxford, to London for such little money.

A thing I see a lot of is Baz driving from Oxford to London and it’s not long but like he’ll do it really often instead of taking the coach and like. There’s congestion fees in London. No one. Not even a lot of well off people wanna pay those fees.

Oxford accommodation is mad cheap especially for year one. And you wanna know why? Because they kick the students out during the holidays. Most uni’s rent out student accommodation from just before the start of Term 1, to the end of Term 3 but not Oxford. My friends had to pack all their possessions in lockers for Christmas and Easter holidays. Then while they’re gone they let Businessmen/ academics rent the rooms for conferences.

Oxford is a tiny city. I don’t know how to explain how small. It just is. It’s just bigger than my home town. Smaller than my neighbouring home town.

Fun fact Oxford students get into the botanical gardens for free. They are quite nice. They’ve got ducks.

Punting. Omfg. Punting. So much of it. I don’t think I’ve ever encounter one of those Oxford fuckers who hasn’t gone punting. (It’s basically rowing). Sometimes collages book sessions for their students or let certain collages have sessions free during certain terms.

Omg I just remembered college pets. Basically I think it’s the Dean of each college lives on the grounds. If not all it’s most of them. Some of them bring their pets to live with them and they vibe in the libraries and stuff. I remember once a cat from one college broke into another college down the road and sat on their collage cat’s chair and so students thought it would be funny to print wanted posters of the offending cat to be put to justice. Most of the pets in fact have Instagram pages. Sometimes deans bring their pets with them to give speeches. And one college has a tortoise fair each year for their college tortoises.

There’s like 1 gay club. It’s called Plush. The walls sweat and I’ve never been in but despite the fact that everyone goes there I hear nothing good about it. It’s next to the only McDonald’s in the city centre and is down an alley.

Because of the Oxford workload, Oxford students are banned from having jobs that are not supplied by the university while in term time. Some of them work around this but genuinely the workload is bigger than you can imagine I don’t blame students for not trying to work round this.

Oxford students are not allowed to leave the city for the same reason as above. This is absolutely not enforced and is a rule people break constantly.

This is a small thing but I feel like most people who have even considered applying for Oxford know this. You cannot apply to Oxford AND Cambridge. You can only apply to one of them. It’s the mistake I see most. When you apply to either, people sometimes refer to it as applying to ‘Oxbridge’.

You’ve got to wear your Mortar Board, gown, and ribbon/tie to most exams.

Not all Oxford accommodation is nice. One of my friends lives in the nicest place ever, it’s got a fucking balcony she shares with some others. And my other friend lives in a hell hole, like the first day I visited I just stood there and pointed out all the dangers of living there (exposed wires, prison kitchen, brutalist architecture, the holes in the walls, the anti suicide windows but railings on the stairs that don’t come up that high and have a rather large gap at the bottom) . Just because it’s Oxford accommodation doesn’t change the fact that it’s still just university supplied accommodation.

Bells. Every hour. Maybe 50 million churches ring their bells. You get used to it after a couple days but fuck was it annoying at the start.

Colleges have balls. Yes BALLS. They are a glorified year 6 disco. As I write this my friend is being forced to listen to the Techo music the college next to her accommodation has been playing for the past 5 hours. It’s midnight. It’s so loud I could hear it in our phone call from inside her room.

Every night some posh boys are walking around in suits with a bottle of wine.

The Radcliffe Camera (or Radcam for people who aren’t virgins) is one of the main libraries open to all Oxford students. It’s got 2 basement levels. And I love it.

No cars = barely any light pollution but it doesn’t beat Hampshire.

Oh also there’s a coach service directly from Oxford to Hampshire. It’s gotten mixed reviews from friends.

All Oxford students shop at Tesco. The main one has an escalator called the Tescalator that goes to an underground level. The closest literally another other food shop that isn’t a small sainsburys is a bus ride away.

This isn’t just an Oxford thing but Formal Dinners. Different for each college. Some do once a week, some do everyday. I’ve gone as a guest to a couple. The food was always BAD. it’s meant to be served by professional chefs and it’s always been shit. My friend swears it’s not always bad but I have yet to have a good Oxford meal. THE CHICKPEAS AND CARROTS WERE UNDERCOOKED. Im not a picky eater but I felt so bad bc i just could not stomach some of it. But it’s cheap so… who cares.

Im realising this is just an Oxford uni rant now but so much about that instigation confuses me.

Sometimes choir kids break into churches to sing.

Psttt, librarians tend to finish work at 5 if you ever want to sneak people who aren’t that college’s students in.

They give you a fob to unlock the doors to the colleges so random people can’t break in.

First year and third year accommodation is either literally on college grounds or on the same road.

Every year that isn’t your first you can choose who you live with if you choose to stay in student accommodation

Students can opt to ‘rusticate’ if they get too stressed, which is basically taking a gap year any-when during the duration of their degree. Some people I’ve met have done this multiple times.

Lectures are usually only an hour long. Not even that sometimes. BUT things like practicals can last hours. Usually Baz is portrayed as an humanities (usually English) student but if he was ever a Stem student then he’s spending like 5-8 hours every other week in a basement. I’m not even joking. Some department’s labs are in the basement. Mine are thankfully in a rather well lit building above ground.

Omg ENGLISH. There is no English Literature course at Oxford only English Literature and Language. That’s another small thing that bugs me. They make you learn old English but teach it in a way where you aren’t learning how to formulate sentences but how to pick them apart. Idk how to explain it.

Also English students gotta read basically a book a week. Then write an essay each week. They get a massive reading list in the summer.

There’s a lot more queer people at Oxford than anyone thinks. Shhh I didn’t tell you.

They like not telling their students what day their exam is on until sometimes the day before :) that caused some stress in the group chat. Depends on the college.

Omg. They call Term 1 - Hillary. Term 2 -Michaelmas. And Term 3 - Trinity.

Everyone gets college parents. Which are mostly older uni students who get into college “marriages” and are assigned like 1-3 students to basically take under their wing for first year. These marriages don’t have to be monogamous . My friend is “married” to 2 gay men. The marriages can be couples (someone I know had a lesbian couple as their college parents), or friends. There’s a “wedding” ceremony as well. Not everyone has a college wedding.

Professors are wild. So many are pedophiles, i know one’s for sure a murderer (why he was never convicted I’ll never know). Some are literally the coolest people I’ve spoken to.

Mayday is a big thing here. Like bigger than anywhere else. No clue why. But did I wake up at 4am this year to listen to some choirs and dance in a road? Yes. Would I do it again? Most certainly. Were the crowds the worst thing I’ve ever been in? Also yes.

Just remembered that they’re always filming something. Wonka was being filmed this year and they fucking cut off paths I needed to be on. They stopped students from getting back to their rooms and libraries.

There’s no parking in the city centre. You usually park on the boarder then take a Park And Ride bus to the centre.

I shall keep thinking of things

#simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz

[scientificinquirer-blog]

Researchers issue urgent call to save the world’s largest flower -- Rafflesia -- from extinction.

An international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which contains the world’s largest flowers. This follows a new study which found that most of the 42 species are severely threatened, yet just one of these is listed in the International Union for Conservation…

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#Asia #botany #Europe

[brooxonianbek]

A TRIAD OF ENGLISH WEEKS

My ever treasured Melbourne-dwellers and otherwise, I acknowledge that I have dallied in updating this digital correspondence, but I shan’t apologise because I have had other things to do. Please enjoy the subsequent retelling of my first three weeks, broken up into three posts.

I have included some photographs of myself in case y’all were getting worried that I have become naught but a voice in the wind, and I’ve also tried to add image captions, so hopefully they are visible somewhere in the binary code.

Remembering all the way back, to when I first jumped foot into English puddle outside Heathrow airport, I shall recall my initial impressions as I travelled by omnibus: 

“Where are all the leaves? The images of speed cameras on road signs are single-exposure film cameras instead of digital cameras, how curious. There are so many RIVERS. Where have they put the leaves? What are those birds? Eagles? Falcons? Kites? Kestrels? Hawks? Phoenixes? Goodness, I’m on the same island as Tom Watermelon Rosenthal himself. There’s so much ivy. It’s a very watery country. You’d think we’re on an island. There is a lot of litter along the motorway. Spire tally: 3. How long is a mile? Oh look an evergreen. So many mosses and ivies. Where does Tom Rosenthal live? More eagle-y things. OH LOOK IT’S OXFORD.”

And thus begins my tale.

WEEK THE FIRST

{Jan 23rd ~ 28th}

There was a much sightseeing, as one might expect during one’s first week in the great university city of Oxford - one might say too much, and I am one. It was an exhausting first week, as is also to be expected, and I have been jolly sick of taking photographs ever since. That hasn’t stopped me much from continuing to take them, unfortunately for me and fortunately for you.

In the very first Oxford bookshop I stepped into, on the very first shelf I browsed, there sat an original-French edition of Le Petit Prince, avec des aquarelles de l’auteur, an edition that I have been searching for for over three years in Melbourne, to no avail. This discovery has pleased me greatly, and it has so far been as enjoyable a read as I had hoped. 

I have purchased proper bedding, so yes, Grandma, I’ve been sleeping comfortably, in case you were worried. I put up my pictures and tidied my things and bought a botanical friend who I have named Millicent — Liss for short. My room is starting to feel cosier — starting to feel a little like a home I could get to know. One befitting an art student, I hope, in spite of all the grey furniture. The English rain does patter softly against my English windowpane particularly pleasantly, you may be pleased to know. 

I began to spend time with a couple of darling Frenchwomen from my flat who are proving to be quite the jolly companions. Plus, they happen to love a bookstore quest. There is a marvellous little art store on Broad that we found on detour in our search for the largest bookstore in the United Kingdom. Blackwells. We found it. It is magnificent. My bookstore standards have heightened dramatically since stepping foot in that glorious house of knowledge. Unending, spiralling, overwhelming, unimaginable, five floors and miles of shelves with anything you could ever hope to read. I bought three — (and perhaps some more later). 

Exploring the park behind my flat, I discovered the splendid 1824 Headington Hill Hall (pictured in previous post) and a rich array of flora that I am anxious to see in foliage. The snowdrops and daffodils have been emerging, however, and I never expected that refined golden narcissus, the garden flower, to be so utterly prolific, being found on every nature-strip, in every garden bed, and under every tree. I suppose it makes sense that it had to be a wildflower somewhere in the world. 

I attended a Brookes-run tour of the city in this first week, to get some general history, but I always find self-guided tours far more rewarding. I wandered around St Mary’s Church, Scriptum (a beautiful Italian stationary shoppe), along the High, Cornmarket and Broad streets of shops and spectacles, and around and about the Bodleian quadrangle and Sheldonian theatre.

The tension that built up as I was establishing my place over this first week reached the boiling point when I got to church the first Sunday. I had walked the half an hour up the road out of fear of the bus system, and as I sat down in the pew, and heard the musicians practicing their hymns, the emotional strain got to me immediately. At least I now know that sobbing dramatically in church is a good way to meet new people and make a strong impression… But in seriousness, they were extremely welcoming and the church instantly felt familiar. I know I’m in the right place.

#oxford #academia

[diksha012]

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[idvtravels]

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[vasiliverse]

Renaissance of the Corpse Flower: A Clarion Call for the Salvation of the Rafflesia from the Brink of Extinction

In a world teetering on the precipice of environmental entropy, a band of intrepid scientists from the University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden, conjoined with a consortium of international botanists, has emitted a fervent entreaty aimed at the salvaging of the illustrious genus Rafflesia, famed for producing the world’s most colossal flowers, from the chasms of extinction. This earnest plea is the…

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[rgenvs3000f23]

Blog #2

Hey! This week’s blog prompt asked us to consider and describe our ideal role as an environmental interpreter, and discuss what kind of skills might be needed.

One way I admittedly can’t see myself wanting to be a nature interpreter is anywhere that requires me to spend a lot of time on social media. I’m not personally a big fan of it, and the more I learn about it, the less I like it. Even having this blog, although I understand why it makes sense for the course, is a little uncomfortable for me. I feel that social media is often pushed as the best way of getting information to people, but I don’t think that’s true. And if it is, then I’d rather work to change it. On a positive note, there are other forms of media that I could see myself wanting to be involved in creating, like books and nature documentaries. I love nature documentaries and they always inspire me to learn more, even if I always get way too invested in any animals they show.

That all being said, there are two main ways in which I can see myself wanting to be involved in nature interpretation.

Firstly, I would love working at a place like an outdoors centre, a museum, or a botanical garden. Places like that present great opportunities for people to experience nature firsthand, and they tend to be very engaging and welcoming places to learn. Although I’m currently working on my science background for a job like that, I would definitely have to learn a lot about teaching. Those jobs tend to involve working with all sorts of people, and all different ages, and I really don’t have much experience working with kids. I’d love to learn more, though! Part of why I enrolled in this course was so I could start learning about how to share science with people, and get some practice communicating and engaging with different audiences.

Secondly, as a research biologist, as long as it involved a decent amount of fieldwork. I love working outside, but I also don’t mind dealing with numbers and analyzing data. Research might not be the first job somebody thinks of when told “nature interpreter” but I think it’s still an important part of interpretation. It’s just the first part, finding the facts so they can be presented in an engaging way. A field I’m particularly interested in is palaeobiology. It’s fascinating how much we can learn about extinct species from just a couple of fossilized bones or some tracks left behind from millions of years ago. Although it might not be the same as being a tour guide, reconstructing natural history is also part of understanding nature and the environment. There’s so much we still don’t know about the history of life on our planet. As a kid, a large part of what got me interested in biology was looking at old bones in pictures and museums, and then hearing about how those creatures might have looked like and lived. I’d love to be able to help someone else discover their own enthusiasm and interest for nature.

Cast of the skull of Deinotherium giganteum, located in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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