Eden Project

Friday fun – plant records is back

For a bit of fun, every Friday our Plant Records Manager, Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on our plant collections, will do a regular blog slot where he recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. (Do you see what we did there?)

So, over to Chris…

This week: Where the Wild Roses Grow by Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8srgfw7GDkM

A rather sorrowful and haunting song ending in the demise of poor Elisa. The imagery in this video is based on the painting of Opelia by Millais. Roses have been used, and still are, in a great deal of art, music and theatre, from Shakespeares ‘a rose by any other name’ to ‘Roses’ by OutKast. These thorny beautiful blooms really seem to stir human emotions. The Rose Family, or Rosaceae, contains about 3000 species including Apples, Cherries, Strawberries and Raspberries, making it the third most important economic plant family, after grasses and legumes.

 Have a good weekend.

Chris

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