Budding botanists visit Wakehurst Place

The group visited the renowned Millennium Seed Bank, the largest wild seed conservation project in the world, where approximately 300 scientists work. The students found out about how the seed bank provides a global resource for conservation and sustainable use of plants, and why it is essential that the biodiversity of plant species is maintained.

In the Wakehurst laboratory, the students had an invaluable opportunity to develop and demonstrate skills included in the practical assessment criteria for A Level Biology, carrying out various practical activities relating to plants.

The group's instructor emailed: "Thank you so much for bringing your Year 13s to Wakehurst today, I really enjoyed working with them and in particular their interest in the seed bank.”

Beacon Academy would like to thank Dr Smith, Mr Williams and the team at Wakehurst that worked with the student biologists on the visit.