From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds
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Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Cate Blanchett has teamed up with Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
She's a Hollywood A-lister, with a mantelpiece groaning under the weight of awards. But Cate Blanchett has taken an unexpected diversion from her day job - to immerse herself in the world of the humble seed. Her eyes light up as she enthuses about the banksia species from her native Australia. "It's quite a brutal looking seed pod that only releases its seed in extremely high temperatures," she te
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