News and Media

New: Red-crested Turaco Aviary

We’ve created a new aviary in Lowland House for our Red-crested Turacos, as part of an international effort increase population numbers in captivity.

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Avoid Streatley road works

Streatley Hill (where the B4009 descends sharply into Streatley) has been closed temporarily due to road works, so please avoid Streatley when travelling to the Living Rainforest.

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Summer of fun

Let’s have some fun this summer!

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Giant Amazon Water Lily gaining size

The Living Rainforest’s famed Giant Amazon Water Lily was once again planted out onto the main pond a few weeks ago, and is gaining in size with each new leaf under the hot summer sunshine.

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Babies for endangered rainforest tortoise

A couple of rare Home’s Hingeback Tortoise hatchlings were born recently at The Living Rainforest eco-centre.

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Behold the Jade Vine!

For a limited time only, visitors can see the unique, claw-like blossoms of the Jade Vine – from the Philippines’ archipelago – at the Living Rainforest glasshouses. The plant, which is a member of the pea family, does not flower every year. The Jade Vine is extremely rare in cultivation and the Living Rainforest is fortunate to have one of the best specimens in the UK.

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See Flesh-Eating Plants and Other Rainforest Creatures

The Living Rainforest has added a large number of flesh-eating Pitcher Plants to its tropical rainforest glasshouses.

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Vince Cable talks on climate change, carbon and a green economy – a TSL interview

Earlier this month, we travelled to Westminster to interview Vince Cable, the MP and Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor, in the lead-up to last week’s Trust for Sustainable Living conference, Sustainability: Where Are We Going?.

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Pineapples aren’t the only bromeliads in the rainforest …

The Living Rainforest is blazing with colour, thanks in no small part to a host of bromeliads with brightly coloured flower spikes.

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‘Sustainability in action’

The Living Rainforest and Trust for Sustainable Living hit the media headlines today, following an Our Future Planet interview last week about the ‘true meaning of sustainable living’.

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