This Spring we focus on the work of the National Trust in Wales. The Trust is often associated with the care of stately houses, but it does far more than that: it lives up well to its founding purpose of preserving land of natural beauty, its features, and plants and animals.

Wales comes to the fore again with pioneering work at the National Botanic Garden, using plant DNA to ‘barcode’ the Welsh flora. This work could bring benefits for human as well as environmental health, and other exciting possibilities. We can be justly proud when a national institution punches above its weight like this.

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