Dispersal

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Seeds come in as many different shapes, sizes and designs as the plants they are to become. They float, they fly, they stick and they burst. A photographic exploration of the structures and dispersal of seeds.

Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon/meadow salsify/
showy goat’s beard/meadow goat’s beard, Tragopogon pratensis. Sourced in Suffolk

Devil’s Claw/grapple plant/wood spider, Harpagophytum procumbens. Collected by David Livingstone - Economic Collection at Kew Gardens

Wild carrot/bird’s nest/bishop’s lace, Daucus carota. Sourced from Hyde Hall

Apple-of-Peru/shoofly, Nicandra physalodes. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate

Apple-of-Peru/shoofly, Nicandra physalodes. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate

Greater burdock, Arctium lappa. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate

Honesty, Lunaria Annua. Sourced from Victoria Chown

Vegetable ivory nuts/elephant nuts, phytelephas macrocarpa. Sourced from the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Vegetable ivory nuts/elephant nuts, phytelephas macrocarpa. Sourced from the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Left: West Indian Gherkin/maroon cucumber/cackrey, cucumis anguria. Sourced from RHS Hyde Hall / Right: Caigua/achocha/stuffing cucumber/slipper gourd, Cyclanthera pedate. Sourced from RHS Hyde Hall

Left: Williams’ Tiger Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris. / Right: Job’s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi.

Heritage corn/maize, Zea mays convar. Saccarata.

Water caltrop/buffalo nut/bat nut/devil pod/ling nut, trapaceae trapa natans. Collected by Charles Darwin - Economic Collection at Kew Gardens

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Photography by Thomas Broadhead

Thomas Broadhead

Thomas Broadhead is a filmmaker and photographer based in London, UK. Working closely with Omved Gardens over the last few years, much of Thomas’s … Learn more

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