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26 is here to inspire a greater love of words, in business and in life.

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It's time for the final plant in our #26Plants project! And it's a beauty. Sue Young shares the shimmering, world-building magic of the common reed. https://t.co/2GWGue60EY @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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Today we're sharing Lisa Farrell's Alpine Lady-Fern: a plant which exists only in the mountains of Scotland, and only where snow has lain for extended periods, making it vulnerable to climate change. https://t.co/cglfeiH2a5 #26Plants @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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Perhaps it was fate that paired Bradford-based @irene_lofthouse with Yorkshire Fog for #26Plants. But, as she discovers, this grass has travelled far from those northern roots. https://t.co/HiiW7PxGl0 @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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For today's instalment of #26Plants, @galenohanlon points out "There's something deeply sexy about orchids, and we’ve always known it." Interest piqued? Read more about the vanishingly rare Man Orchid https://t.co/5FFoiCbjHk @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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To mark @BBSbryology National Moss Day, today's plant is the mopheaded miracle: sphagnum moss. A keystone species that's under threat, Sarah Hill invites us into its water-trapping, carbon-catching world for #26Plants https://t.co/5sY74PdOea @bloomsburyfest

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Back to New Zealand again for today's plant. Graham’s Buttercup grows only within the permanent snow line on Aoraki/ Mount Cook. Leah Royden takes up the botany lesson for #26Plants https://t.co/RBqR1q1WnJ @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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What lives in a bog and eats the unwary? No, it's not a creature from a fairy tale, though this miniature carnivore looks like it belongs on an alien planet. Joan Lennon zooms in on the round-leaved sundew for #26Plants https://t.co/JgT0OAgC0Z @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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Prompted by the hare's-foot clover, @nicolas_laborie considers the connection between plants and the human experience, and shares a fascinating insight into the cyanotype process. https://t.co/IhgI5BdjV4 #26plants @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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From Ireland @sineadkeegan takes up the tale of the delicate, rare fen violet for #26Plants and gives voice to its resilience and tenderness in the face of habitat loss. https://t.co/l1IAi8q25D @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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Anything with the word devil in its title is bound to have a good back story. Lisa Andrews looks at the history and the future of the devil's-bit scabious for #26Plants https://t.co/f9EFAMwrxA @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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I’ve been furiously scribbling in the back corner of a Bloomsbury hotel restaurant. I’ve got it typed up. I’ve tethered to my phone to file it like I’m back at the newspaper. It’s gone. My @bloomsburyfest writer in residency is done for the year. It’ll be published tomorrow!

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And here ‘tis: the fruits of my labour as writer in residence at @bloomsburyfest yesterday for @26characters. I meandered the streets of Bloomsbury, seeing what the festival had to offer, and in return was bound to write a response by 10pm: https://t.co/Ev2jf7vCer

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Euphorbia Glauca is a species under threat. Jane Berney tracks down this irresitible plant in New Zealand to find its safe borders. https://t.co/0KRVu63Ma6 #26Plants @bloomsburyfest

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A welcome sign of spring, bluebells bring joy and delight as they carpet our woodlands. But even these well-loved parts of the UK's heritage are threatened as Carmen Lavin discovers for #26Plants https://t.co/3szTlJUjCx @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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You may know it better as 'eggs and bacon' or 'dutchman’s clogs' but did you know that the bird's-foot trefoil attracts a rainbow of insects? @wurdsmith takes us on a botanical tour of its grassland home for #26Plants https://t.co/ds439kjKsP @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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We do like our plants to be beautiful, fragrant, and somehow useful to other creatures. So, does the ragwort have any redeeming features? On the eve of @bloomsburyfest @JNSim urges us to stand up for this important pollinator. https://t.co/8yFA7Swrjf @WildlifeTrusts #26Plants

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Paul White discovers treasure in the tales woven around Pīngao, a dune binding plant, that only grows in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://t.co/lYK2B62ka5 #26Plants @bloomsburyfest

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We take a trip to the coast today for #26Plants with @margaretkenna4 as she explores the habitat of marram grass, the prickly plant you'll find among sand dunes. It plays a vital role in keeping the waves from our doors. https://t.co/VyqOwEq4FB @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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Join @RenewableWords and the marsh helleborine in a last dance over its dune and wetland habitat, and don't hold back your applause. https://t.co/eojxyJtp06 #26Plants @bloomsburyfest @WildlifeTrusts

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We're off to Texas for today's instalment of #26Plants, where Lacy Rohre shows us the beauty and the resilience of esperanza's golden trumpets. https://t.co/JWu7kIVkbd @WildlifeTrusts @bloomsburyfest