The longest read (so far…), draft of chapter 3 of the book, lots about the structure of plants (plus fibres and the grass ligule…) plantcuttings.uk/2026/05/22/c... Do let me know your thoughts… Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” ― Anne Frank 🍃💚

BlueSky Trending shows Bezos as # 1 and World Bee Day as # 4. Whatever we can collectively do to replace bees over bezos, you know that you need to do. #WorldBeeDay

UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...

You kid us not... Stay safe.

I started a business selling Japanese bonsai trees. It's been so successful I've had to move to smaller premises.

Job opportunity in Plant Science at Adelaide University in South Australia. Learn more at jobs.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Hello Nick, Many thanks for this feedback. It's most helpful for this non-specialist in fine-tuning the draft approproiately. Cheers, Nigel

Another long read this week, draft of chapter 2 of the book, something about oxygen and photosynthesis… plantcuttings.uk/2026/05/15/c... Do let me know what you think… Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

A long read this week, draft of chapter 1 of the book… plantcuttings.uk/2026/05/08/c... Do let me know what you think… Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Mr Cuttings bares all(?!?) Well, not quite. but he does share with his loyal readers his plans for a big, bad, bold book about plants. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/05/01/m... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Photographer Chantal Pinzi's photogragraphic series of women skateboarders around the world, including in India #WomensArt

Time on your hands? Then you might be interested in this book about old plants. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/04/24/a... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”

Is nothing sacred? A post about 'artificial' lichens (and repairing concrete…) today. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/04/17/l... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Proving that you can have too much of a good thing, this week’s cuttings looks at locust control in Africa. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/04/10/n... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

‘Going through the motions’ this week with a plant cutting looking at Ancient Roman medical practices. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/04/03/n... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Spring has truly sprung - in the planetary North - with this plant cutting about mattresses(!), and how fungi can help to repurpose them. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/03/27/n... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

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when strolling through museums, I often forget statues used to be painted vibrantly

Stoat hopping across snow: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

Something that's not to be fiddled with... Stay safe.

For this week’s plant cutting we connect ‘climate-change-reversing’ afforestation in a desert in China to neighbour-annoying leylandii, via a giant hedge in India. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/03/20/h... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

‘Sticking it to the man (well, hominin…)’ with this week’s post. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/03/13/w... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

You can't run through a campsite. You can only ran, because it's past tents.

Repeated from last night, innit #friday13th

A post about specialist coffees for you to digest this week. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/03/06/g... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Very interesting plant science article about poisoned arrows 🖤🌿

Palaeolithic plants-and-people insights with Stone Age arrowheads and botanical poisons for you Cuttingsophiles this week. Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/02/27/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

What does Mr P Cuttings think of Essential plant biology, a new textbook for plant biology? Find out at plantcuttings.uk/2026/02/20/t... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Mr P Cuttings takes scicomm promoters to task over the correct use of ‘et alia’… Niche, maybe, but, Intrigued..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/02/13/s... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Mr P Cuttings takes scicomm promoters to task over the correct lay-out of scientific names. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/02/06/s... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Thinking of a summer beach holiday, and maybe swimming..? Give a thought to coral-damaging sunscreens… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/30/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Now, that's a toe-curdling Dad joke... 🙂 Stay safe.

The first book review of 2026 is all about the biology of ferns. To find out more, go to plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/23/a... Plus, an idea for a New Year’s Resolution you can keep, why not sign-up to the site at plantcuttings.uk? Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

This week’s Plant Cutting celebrates some of 2025’s notable ‘new’ species of plants. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/16/s... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The 2nd Plant Cutting for 2026 sheds some light on night-glowing plants. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/09/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The first Plant Cutting for 2026 is something to celebrate – a plant-inspired solution to tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/02/t... Happy New Year! #Botany #PlantScience

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Follow the fresh prints.

The last Plant Cutting for 2025 celebrates prize-winning plant-based research… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/26/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The long read that delves into the world of ferns, rare earths, and global geopolitics for you this week… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/19/r... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

🌿 Want to transform your garden this year? The DIY plans to build these 8ft x 4ft raised beds are available today. https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/

Good morning, I hadn't thought of that! What a brilliant suggestion. Thank you so much for pointing that out. An update to that post is certainly in order. Many thanks again! Stay safe, Nigel

This week we have a resolution (of sorts) to my previous query about root mucilage and photosynthesis. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/12/b... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

My last book review of 2025 for you this week. A fascinating read about eucalypts from a former director of Kew Gardens, Stephen Hopper. Just in time for Christmas..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/05/e... [Plus, free subscription to the blog is - still - available…] Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes? That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.