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Biltmore Blooms to return; Art in Bloom, Stickwork, Easter Scavenger Hunt new this year
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Biltmore Blooms – a time when Biltmore celebrates the return of warm weather and its historic gardens and grounds – is slated to begin April 1.
In addition to the ever-changing array of spring color that emerges across the estate’s 8,000 acres, Biltmore Blooms this year will include two new experiences, and the return of two favorites.
Biltmore Blooms runs through May 27, 2021.
Biltmore Blooms
During the season, the genius of Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for the estate’s gardens and grounds is on display.
For Biltmore Blooms this year, estate horticulturists planted around 110,000 bulbs in preparation.
March 11th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Emily Leclerc
Sylvester Musembi Musyoka, a Kenyan colleague and field crew leader, recording a large mammal fossil bone during a virtual field project to collect fossils in Kenyan excavation sites that were in danger of being damaged by severe weather. (Nzioki Mativo/Smithsonian)
When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic one year ago, it brought much of the world to a halt. Countries closed their borders, international flights stopped and people worldwide were told to stay home as much as possible. But not even a global pandemic could stop scientific advancement. Scientists near and far quickly adapted their research and fieldwork projects to follow the new health guidelines and keep everyone involved safe. Here is how seven of the National Museum of Natural History’s scientists continued to discover the secrets of the natural world safely during the pandemic.
JNTBGRI joins Global Genome Initiative
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Move tp collect the earth’s genomic biodiversity and preserve it in biorepositories
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Move tp collect the earth’s genomic biodiversity and preserve it in biorepositories
The Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) has joined the Global Genome Initiative (GGI), a collaborative effort to collect the earth’s genomic biodiversity, preserve it in biorepositories and make it available to researchers.
JNTBGRI is one among 14 botanic gardens and arboreta worldwide to secure the GGI-Gardens 2020/2021 award administered jointly by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the United States Botanic Garden (USBG).