Newsletter

A small team of volunteers have been producing newsletters three times a year since 1997. Each newsletter includes a report from the Curator, a range of articles that have wide appeal to gardeners, horticulturalists, botanists, and those with an interest in the natural environment and local history.

A list of our newsletters, with a summary of the articles in each one, and a link to the newsletter, can be found below.

The latest issue is not listed, as it is available only to members of the Friends for the first four months after publication. Newsletters are issued at the end of the following months: January, May and September.

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Issue 60, September 2017
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 60, September 2017

Fear Of Missing Out and Fear Of Being Left Out;
Friends Coming of Age 21st anniversary;
Aboretum and new Arboretum Labels;
Chelsea, Gardens of the West Midlands;
An Anglesey Garden in Autumn;
Orchid Counting at Caeau Tan y Bwlch;
Mycology Matters;
Hair ice;
What is the point of Mosses?

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Issue 59, May 2017
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 59, May 2017

Bonfire/Composting Site;
Catching the Bug: Ilyocoris cimicoides;
Eventful Adventures in Crete;
Galápagos and Costa Rica;
Moonwort;
Marion Gash;
Ants in Our Plants;
Moth and Meteorological Records from Treborth;
Himalayan Balsam: A Growing Menace;
The Flora of Chile

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Issue 58, January 2017
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 58, January 2017

Malus hupehensis trees are National Champions;
An Anglesey Garden: Midwinter;
The Library at Treborth;
Best Volunteer Job in Treborth;
Creative Writing: Poems and Prose;
A brief Introduction to Cors Ddyga (Malltraeth Marsh);
Treborth Mapping and Surveying Internship 2016;
Orchids at Treborth: Update and Ramblings;
A Garden for Storiel; School Children Explore Wildlife at Treborth Botanic Garden:
The Importance of Inspiration;
Winter Delights;
Wild Elements: Celebrating Trees at the Treborth Botanic Garden;
The Meadow Maker; New Developments at Treborth

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Issue 57, September 2016
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 57, September 2016

Treborth’s Meadow Plots;
New books in the Library;
Two Dragons Garden Project;
Reflections on China;
Orchid Conservation at Xishuangbanna;
Happy days in Herefordshire;
Hurricane Ridge flora, British Columbia;
Bardsey Island and Birds;
Slow-worms;
Britannia Park;
Urban Greening in Kampala;
Doreen Hamilton;
James Atherton

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Issue 56, May 2016
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 56, May 2016

New Books in the Library; Wrongly Named Plant Specimens; Welcome to Japan; Wych Elm Project; Cacti at Risk; HMS Conway; Butterfly Border; the Joys of Treborth; Pauline Perry; Garden Woodland update; History of Work in the Garden; Wetlands Forever

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Issue 55, January 2016
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 55, January 2016

Pauline Perry: Tribute;
Ash Die-Back in Wales;
Fantastic Frogs;
Fruit Growing;
Moth Monitoring;
Red Squirrels;
Slow Worms;
A Welshman in Africa: Tanzania;
Volunteering at Treborth;
Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plants;
Plant Fibres: further thoughts;
Ozone Injury app update

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Issue 54, September 2015
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 54, September 2015

Bangor meets Kew: student visit;
Errant Blackbird;
BSBI: County Recorder;
BU’s Damaged Wood Collection;
Glastir: Forestry Award;
Yorkshire Gardens Visit; Kamchatka;
Pamir Botanical Gardens;
Nigel Brown’s Retirement Party

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Issue 53, May 2015
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 53, May 2015

Weather and Wildlife;
Dye Plants;
Herbarium Digitisation;
The Arboretum;
Plant Fibres;
Blue Toothwort;
Feedback on Natural Resources Wales article;
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden;
The Open Air Laboratories (OPAL);
Ozone Injury Smart Phone App;
Nigel Brown, biography;
Anglesey’s AONB; Ethiopia;
Background to the Len Beer Lecture;
Book review ‘Botanic Gardens’; Rhizotron

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