# Beverley Glover

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The Cambridge University Botanic Garden: A Unique Role in Addressing Global Challenges

Professor Beverley Glover, Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, delivers the Lent 2020 Community Lecture, in partnership with The Cambridge Building Society and talks about climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the challenges around crop security and food production.

Fidget Spinners in Space?

In the latest Q and A show from The Naked Scientists, we answer your questions with the help of an expert panel - plant scientist Beverley Glover, mathematician James Grime, physicist Jess Wade and Angel investor Peter Cowley. What makes plants carnivorous, what's the highest prime number we know o…

Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring

In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calculate temperature days in advance, and Marcel Visser explains how warming weather and earlier sprin…

Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring

In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calculate temperature days in advance, and Marcel Visser explains how warming weather and earlier sprin…

The Plant Based Podcast S14 - Back to the beginning with Professor Beverley Glover researching bees.

We've decided to re release our first ever podcast episode. This episode has been one of the most popular episodes we've recorded and no wonder why! It's all about bees. Find out all about the Cambridge botanic garden research into the fascinating life of bees. What colours do they prefer? What sur…

THE COLOURFUL SECRETS OF FLOWERS: The Science Behind Nature's Colours 🌹🌈

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!  In this episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about why f…

Pollination

Since plants have to mate and produce offspring while rooted to the spot, they have to be pollinated – by wind, water, or animals – most commonly insects. They use a surprising array of tricks to attract pollinators: striking colours, iridescent light effects, and enticing scents, to name but a few…

Pollination

Since plants have to mate and produce offspring while rooted to the spot, they have to be pollinated – by wind, water, or animals – most commonly insects. They use a surprising array of tricks to attract pollinators: striking colours, iridescent light effects, and enticing scents, to name but a few…

Gardeners' World 2025 Recap: Ep 26

We risk being cancelled this week by giving the BBC a piece of our minds, but we also talk about micro-hydro units, the ecosystems of belly buttons, edible six-pack rings, the perils of planting parsley if you're a woman, and the huge part snails play in the beauty industry. This week on Gardeners'…