A natural history lover named Rosemary dedicates her time to discovering a tiny endangered fern that 'blooms' in the middle of winter on the Isles of Scilly. She is determined to share her knowledge with a new generation of conservationists after seeing the impacts of climate change.
Most other visitors to the Isles of Scilly are holed up with family and friends. But this natural history lover has other things on her mind: discovering a tiny endangered fern that 'blooms' in the middle of winter. It's become something of a seasonal tradition for Rosemary, to the bewilderment of her three children. "They all thought I was totally barking," she says of her trips to find the plant. "Obviously, it gave a certain flavour to Christmas.
" Rosemary dedicates her time to repeatedly returning to the islands to map rare and precious flora found almost nowhere else in Britain. She nearly drowned searching for one of the plants and is seeing first-hand the impacts of climate change. After decades of adventures on the archipelago, she says she is determined to share her knowledge with a new generation of conservationists. The Isles of Scilly, just off the coast of Cornwall, are made up of more than 100 islands, most of which are uninhabited
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