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• The crocuses have croaked

  Date: 23 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/the-crocuses-have-croaked

  For the first time, organisers of a public event to celebrate the first flowers of spring have been left with a predicament – the flowers have...

• Local children enjoy Making Money in new project

  Date: 22 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019

  Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes, and thousands of these brilliant designs will be on display in the Knoll House...

• Spring flower viewing made annual event at Botanic Garden

  Date: 5 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/spring-flower-viewing-made-annual-event-at-botanic-garden

  The success of Crocus Weekends at the Botanic Garden has now led to it becoming an annual fixture in the Garden calendar.

• Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline

  Date: 16 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline

  Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised...

• Over 150 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 1 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/over-150-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 150 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at the...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-reaches-1-5-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• New sculptures at the Botanic Garden

  Date: 8 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/new-sculptures-for-botanic-garden

  Three new permanent sculptures have been installed at the Botanic Garden thanks to an Arts Council funded project.

• Plant Sale and Family Day at Botanic Garden

  Date: 24 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/plant-sale-family-day-at-botanic-garden

  The Botanic Garden Plant Sale & Family Day is taking place on Sunday 28 June between 11:00am - 5:00pm on Glebe Road, Oadby, LE2 2LD.

• Compost mentis new demonstration site at Botanic Garden

  Date: 10 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/compost-mentis-new-demonstration-site-at-botanic-garden

  Green fingered visitors are invited to learn more about the art of composting at a new site at our Botanic Garden.

• New Friends of the Botanic Garden talks

  Date: 10 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-friends-of-the-botanic-garden-talks

  In March the Friends of the Garden begin a new series of informal talks to complement their evening winter lecture programme.