The hunt began in June with a trip to the Natural History Museum and its' renound collections of both plants and animals and their fossils, some dating back millions of years.
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| A collection of ammonites fossils at the Natural History Museum |
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| One of the many insectivorous plants in Darwin's greenhouse at Down House |
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| A Blue Footed Booby on North Seymore Island in the Galapagos |
While staying in London we took a trip to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin, as my husband had wanted to do this from being a boy. He and my son had already indulged their passion for all things Darwinian when they visited the Galapagos Islands.
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must visit was Kew Gardens to look for rare and exotic plants. I discovered that ferns and ginkgos, as well as having iconic shaped leaves with loads of decorative potential,dated back to the Devonian period 410 - 350 million years ago. Flowering plants came much later, a mere 150 million years ago. The earliest of these were water lilies, magnolias and orchids - how perfect is that for designers of interior fabrics to work from!
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