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March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

Grounds Nursery Springing Into Life!

The campus is springing into life and so is the Grounds Nursery! So much excellent skilled work goes on behind the scenes; propagating and grafting […]

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March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

National Collection of Azara

Do you know that the University of Exeter has an accredited National Collection of Azara? Azara is a genus of trees and shrubs which are […]

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February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

Bird Survey Highlights Winter 2024-25

Bird surveys carried out by an independent consultant every year in spring/summer and again in winter have been in place on the Streatham Campus for […]

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January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

New Plant Heritage National Collection of Dierama!

We are delighted to announce that the University of Exeter has a new Plant Heritage National Collection of Dierama! This is in addition to our […]

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November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Donation of Aloe Vera Plants to Paignton Zoo

The Grounds team have recently donated around 30 large Aloe vera plants to Paignton Zoo for planting into their arid display glasshouse. The gardeners at […]

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October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

Halloween Spooky Trail

Get involved this Halloween and follow our Spooky Trail to track down the resting place of Tiny the dog. Tiny the dog died in 1882 […]

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October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

Britain in Bloom GOLD Award

We are thrilled to share that the University of Exeter has been awarded the prestigious Britain in Bloom GOLD Award. This achievement is testament to […]

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September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Rare Brown Hairstreak Butterfly Spotted on Streatham Campus

This Brown Hairstreak butterfly, which is one of Britain’s rarest and most elusive butterflies, has been spotted on Streatham Campus by one of our Gardeners, […]

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September 16, 2024September 16, 2024

Plant Sale – Tuesday 24th September 2024

The Grounds horticulturalists are selling a variety of beautiful plants from 10am to 2pm on Tuesday 24th September in The Forum Street. Houseplants have been […]

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July 29, 2024July 29, 2024

Bird Survey Highlights Spring/Summer 2024

Bird surveys carried out by an independent consultant every year in spring/summer and again in winter have been in place on the Streatham Campus for […]

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