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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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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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January 24, 2025January 24, 2025

Tree-mendous news – £46,000 raise for local charity Hospiscare!

For the fifth year running, the University of Exeter‘s Grounds team have teamed up with the local charity Hospiscare to recycle Christmas trees and support […]

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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 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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September 13, 2024September 13, 2024

The Mighty Oak Award 2024!

Congratulations to Will, the winner of the Mighty Oak Award 2024! ? All members of the Grounds team took part in our annual Mighty Oak […]

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July 8, 2024July 8, 2024

No Mow May – Green Consultants Project

We were lucky to have three enthusiastic Green Consultants working with us on No Mow May. Fatemah, Muskan and Bryn created social media posts, counted […]

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June 28, 2024June 28, 2024

Gardeners’ Question Time comes to Exeter!

Our Horticulture and Operations Manager, Anthony Cockell, was honoured to guide a tour for the Gardeners’ Question Time panel on our Streatham Campus on Wednesday […]

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May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

Student Interns Surveying & Recording Plants, Shrubs & Trees

We are excited and delighted to welcome two student interns from the A2I (Access to Internships) scheme run by the University, who will be joining […]

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