🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 16 - parsley! Intense green leaves, very characteristic scent and flavour/flavor when sprinkled on meals.
Let Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
Let Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 16 - parsley! Intense green leaves, very characteristic scent and flavour/flavor when sprinkled on meals.
Let Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
Let Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄 Advent Botany Day 14! Only a day late but delicious apples keep for months. Niamh, Izzy and Jess tell you more about them. #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #apples #plants #loveplants
December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄 Advent Botany Day 14! Only a day late but delicious apples keep for months. Niamh, Izzy and Jess tell you more about them. #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #apples #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 15 - Angelica by name and taste! Let Izzy, Jess and Niamh tell you about this aromatic plant! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #plants #loveplants
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 15 - Angelica by name and taste! Let Izzy, Jess and Niamh tell you about this aromatic plant! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🎄🌻🌳Advent Botany Day 13 - chestnuts. Not only producing nuts that are delicious when cooked, but also large trees with for useful timber. Let Izzy, Jess and Niamh tell you more! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #plants #loveplants
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🌱🌾🌍🎄🌻🌳Advent Botany Day 13 - chestnuts. Not only producing nuts that are delicious when cooked, but also large trees with for useful timber. Let Izzy, Jess and Niamh tell you more! #BUC2026 #AdventBotany #ChristmasPlants #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🎄🌻🌳 Advent Botany Day 12 - gorse! Brilliant yellow flowers on vicious, spiky plant all year round. And their scent on a hot summer day - coconut - is so unexpected in the temperate European climate! Let Izzy, Jess & Niamh tell you more! #BUC2026 #Christmasplants #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🌱🌾🌍🎄🌻🌳 Advent Botany Day 12 - gorse! Brilliant yellow flowers on vicious, spiky plant all year round. And their scent on a hot summer day - coconut - is so unexpected in the temperate European climate! Let Izzy, Jess & Niamh tell you more! #BUC2026 #Christmasplants #AdventBotany #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 11! Yew trees. Green all year round. Let Niamh, Izzy and Jess tell you more!
#BUC2026 #trees #AdventBotany #Christmasplants #plants #loveplants
#BUC2026 #trees #AdventBotany #Christmasplants #plants #loveplants
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄Advent Botany Day 11! Yew trees. Green all year round. Let Niamh, Izzy and Jess tell you more!
#BUC2026 #trees #AdventBotany #Christmasplants #plants #loveplants
#BUC2026 #trees #AdventBotany #Christmasplants #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄 Advent Botany day 10 - pear trees. First line of song known from northern England 1700s with many changes since. Counting songs associated with Christmas across Europe. Read more from Jess, Izzy and Niamh! #BUC2026 #Christmasplants #AdventBotany #TwelvedaysofChristmas #plants #loveplants
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿❄️🎄 Advent Botany day 10 - pear trees. First line of song known from northern England 1700s with many changes since. Counting songs associated with Christmas across Europe. Read more from Jess, Izzy and Niamh! #BUC2026 #Christmasplants #AdventBotany #TwelvedaysofChristmas #plants #loveplants
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿🧪❄️🎄Day 6 of Advent Botany! The spindle tree that has such pretty seeds. One of a genus with over 140 members that originate all around the world.
Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!
#BUC2026 #AdventBotany #Christmas #plants #shrubs #loveplants
Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!
#BUC2026 #AdventBotany #Christmas #plants #shrubs #loveplants
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌿🧪❄️🎄Day 6 of Advent Botany! The spindle tree that has such pretty seeds. One of a genus with over 140 members that originate all around the world.
Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!
#BUC2026 #AdventBotany #Christmas #plants #shrubs #loveplants
Jess, Izzy and Niamh tell you more!
#BUC2026 #AdventBotany #Christmas #plants #shrubs #loveplants
The Glastonbury Holy Thorn for #AdventBotany Day 24 #AdventCalendar #Advent A past series of 3 blogs on the subject botanykaren.net/2022/12/24/g...
Glastonbury Holy Thorn for a new Era - Botany Karen
Glastonbury has a new Holy Thorn tree thanks to the horticultural expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. I am delighted to give an update on last year’s blog about the Somerset tradition of se...
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December 24, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The Glastonbury Holy Thorn for #AdventBotany Day 24 #AdventCalendar #Advent A past series of 3 blogs on the subject botanykaren.net/2022/12/24/g...
Not my favourite but it’s popular with many at Christmas: the Poinsettia. #AdventBotany Day 22 blog. #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2020/12/12/m...
Mexican Poinsettia - Botany Karen
The Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, originates from Mexico and has strong Christmas traditions. The US Congress declared Poinsettia Day as 12th December every year. The Poinsettia has huge economic...
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December 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Not my favourite but it’s popular with many at Christmas: the Poinsettia. #AdventBotany Day 22 blog. #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2020/12/12/m...
A Christmas custom from Provence for #AdventBotany Day 21 #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2021/12/18/1...
13 French Christmas Desserts - Botany Karen
The prospect of tasting 13 French Christmas desserts seems both mouth-watering and over-indulgent. The mind conjures up past delights in French cuisine. The mouth salivates at the memory. However, Les...
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December 21, 2024 at 12:32 PM
A Christmas custom from Provence for #AdventBotany Day 21 #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2021/12/18/1...
Watching a Christmas gift flower. Amaryllis photo blog for #AdventBotany Day 19 botanykaren.net/2022/12/03/a... #AdventCalendar #Advent
Amaryllis from Bulb to Flowers - Botany Karen
Amaryllis is a popular Christmas gift. The large bulbs are generally sold in colourful boxes complete with pot and compost for planting. The bright, showy flowers look like trumpets on long, straight ...
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December 19, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Watching a Christmas gift flower. Amaryllis photo blog for #AdventBotany Day 19 botanykaren.net/2022/12/03/a... #AdventCalendar #Advent
adventBotany Day 18 The World’s tallest Christmas tree #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2022/12/15/w...
World's Tallest Christmas Tree - Botany Karen
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s tallest-ever cut Christmas Tree stood in a shopping centre in Seattle in the United States of America in December 1950. This record-breaking tree...
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December 18, 2024 at 1:17 PM
adventBotany Day 18 The World’s tallest Christmas tree #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2022/12/15/w...
The botanical ingredients in Mulled Wine #AdventBotany Day 17 #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2022/12/20/m...
Mulled Wine, Glühwein, Glögg - Botany Karen
Mulled Wine conjures up the image of a warming drink on dark, chill winter evenings. The tradition is firmly associated with Christmas markets and a pick-me-up after carol singing. Mulled wine is also...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:50 AM
The botanical ingredients in Mulled Wine #AdventBotany Day 17 #AdventCalendar #Advent botanykaren.net/2022/12/20/m...
Nutty Christmas #AdventBotany Day 16 botanykaren.net/2022/12/23/n...
Nutty Christmas - Botany Karen
Mixed nuts are popular fare at Christmas. Most selections contain Almonds, Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Brazil Nuts and Pecan Nuts. Why do we eat nuts at Christmas? It goes further than simple winter availabil...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Nutty Christmas #AdventBotany Day 16 botanykaren.net/2022/12/23/n...
Ginger for Christmas #AdventBotany Day 15 botanykaren.net/2021/12/23/g...
Gingering up Christmas - Botany Karen
There was always a major advantage of studying German at school and in further education. My native German teachers loved to introduce us to all the excellent German Christmas traditions and food. Som...
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December 15, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Ginger for Christmas #AdventBotany Day 15 botanykaren.net/2021/12/23/g...
Cinnamon - an essential taste and scent of Christmas #AdventBotany Day 14 botanykaren.net/2022/12/19/c...
Cinnamon: Scent and Taste of Christmas - Botany Karen
The scent and taste of Cinnamon are an essential part of Christmas. It forms part of many Christmas baking recipes and flavours mulled wine. Cinnamon sticks are even used to decorate Christmas wreaths...
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December 14, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Cinnamon - an essential taste and scent of Christmas #AdventBotany Day 14 botanykaren.net/2022/12/19/c...
13th December is St Lucia’s Day in Sweden which brings us to Saffron for buns for #AdventBotany botanykaren.net/2021/12/13/s...
Saffron for St Lucia - Botany Karen
December 13th is a special date in the Swedish calendar. Swedes celebrate St Lucia’s Day. It is a festival of light in the long, dark Swedish winter days. There are processions with girls bearing cand...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
13th December is St Lucia’s Day in Sweden which brings us to Saffron for buns for #AdventBotany botanykaren.net/2021/12/13/s...
The Western Australian Christmas Tree for #AdventBotany Day 11 botanykaren.net/2022/12/07/w...
Western Australian Christmas Tree - Botany Karen
The Western Australian Christmas Tree, Nuytsia floribunda, is an extraordinary plant. It earns its common name from the showy profusion of orange or orangey-yellow flowers in December. This tree is al...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The Western Australian Christmas Tree for #AdventBotany Day 11 botanykaren.net/2022/12/07/w...
German Christmas customs with plants #AdventBotany Day 10 botanykaren.net/2020/12/08/g...
German Christmas Plant-related Customs - Botany Karen
Flowers often have symbolic meanings and associated customs. These can sometimes vary between countries and even regions within a country. The Chrysanthemum is just such a flower. The golden yellow Ch...
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December 10, 2024 at 7:59 AM
German Christmas customs with plants #AdventBotany Day 10 botanykaren.net/2020/12/08/g...
Cranberries - a Christmas must-have with turkey? #AdventBotany Day 9 botanykaren.net/2020/12/23/c...
Cranberries at Christmas - Botany Karen
Serving Christmas turkey without Cranberry sauce seems unthinkable. Many families just reach for the contents of a shop-bought jar. It is possible to make your own simple, fresh Cranberry sauce. My pe...
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December 9, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Cranberries - a Christmas must-have with turkey? #AdventBotany Day 9 botanykaren.net/2020/12/23/c...
Reminder of a blog written in Covid times in 2020. While we may not want reminding of those times, the blog is about fascinating Mistletoe. #AdventBotany Day 8 botanykaren.net/2020/12/11/a...
Advent Mistletoe - Botany Karen
Kisses and hugs have been in short supply in 2020. Social distancing has curtailed demonstrations of affection. Mistletoe has acquired associations with kissing. It is also associated with tears. Ther...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Reminder of a blog written in Covid times in 2020. While we may not want reminding of those times, the blog is about fascinating Mistletoe. #AdventBotany Day 8 botanykaren.net/2020/12/11/a...
#AdventBotany Day 7 is Myrrh botanykaren.net/2022/12/02/m...
Myrrh beyond the Wise Men's Gift - Botany Karen
The third gift that the Wise Men gave to baby Jesus was Myrrh. With a baby sister at home, I remember thinking at primary school that Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh were very strange presents for a baby...
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December 7, 2024 at 11:29 AM
#AdventBotany Day 7 is Myrrh botanykaren.net/2022/12/02/m...