Learn more about the Garden's Seed Bank, which holds more than 9,000 accessions, on the Discover + Share blog: buff.ly/ThyHZXk

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¡Feliz 25 aniversario al Millennium Seed Bank de @KewGardens!

Desde 2013, el Departamento de Botánica de Aranzadi es la única entidad de Euskal Herria asociada a este gran banco de semillas, aportando colecciones de nuestra geografía para conservar la flora a escala global.

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Happy 25th Anniversary to the Millennium Seed Bank @KewGardens!

Since 2013, Aranzadi’s Botany Department has been the only organisation in the Basque Country affiliated to this major seed bank, contributing seed collections from our territory to support global plant conservation.

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Zorionak 25. urteurrenagatik @KewGardens-eko Millennium Seed Bank-i!

2013az geroztik, Aranzadiko Botanika Saila da hazi-banku handi horri lotutako Euskal Herriko erakunde bakarra, eta gure geografiako bildumak ematen ditu flora maila globalean kontserbatzeko.

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A few generations ago, the phrase “when the eastern forest disappears” was Madagascar’s equivalent of “when pigs fly”.

With the future of forests less certain, our Kew teams in Madagascar & the Millennium Seed Bank are using seeds to understand and restore them 👇

https://ow.ly/JrLK50Xl0vq
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We're working with landowners to make space for nature 🤝

This wouldn't be possible without the Cumbria Seed Bank at Gosling Sike

Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by @rbgkew.bsky.social, the Cumbria Seed Bank owes its existence to the Millennium Seed Bank's story.

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A purple flower of a round-headed campion guts out among grasses in a hilly landscape. A logo is overlaid - "Millennium Seed Bank 25th Anniversary"

Chalk grassland is an ancient ecosystem shaped by humans and our livestock, that now needs our care 🌻🐑

Our Millennium Seed Bank UK team are part of a huge collaboration - #ChangingChalk - in which we're testing the power of seeds for restoration 🌱 #MSB25

Get involved 👇
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

Millennium Seed Bank with curved glass roofs beside a reflective pond under a bright sun and partly cloudy sky.

What if one of the most biodiverse places on Earth was hidden underground… in Sussex? 🌱

Join our scientists inside the vaults of our Millennium Seed Bank in this new film to explore how 2.5 billion seeds are helping restore nature across the globe 🌍

Watch the film👉 https://ow.ly/yEcv50XiqHk #MSB25

Frozen Flora: 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank Preserving and restoring rare and important plant species...

🌱 Studying seeds is vital for work on restoring lost species to semi-natural UK grasslands

UKCEH plant ecologist @wagnermarkus.bsky.social chats to the Naked Scientists for their podcast on 25 years of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Millennium Seed Bank #MSB25

www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak... 🧪

Do you recognise any of these seeds? 🌱

To celebrate #MSB25, 7 of our partners from the global Millennium Seed Bank Partnership have shared with us their stories of saving and recovering rare plants through seed conservation! 🤝👇

https://ow.ly/WL7h50XfRn4

Memories from helping to create the Millennium Seed Bank and its Partnership As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB), I think back on life during its origins.

How did 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank and its partnership begin? 🌱

@michael-way.bsky.social shares his story from helping to create the home of 2.5 billion wild plant seeds and a conservation network spanning 100 countries & territories 👇

www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
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