Mr Lovatt, who has a diploma from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and is also a graduate of botany from London University, is a former assistant curator of the Eden Project in Cornwall.

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Until March 30th 2008, visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens can touch, walk round and peer through (polite notices discourage climbing over) the massive bronzes and one white fibreglass created by Moore in the last 30 years of his life.

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At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other botanic gardens around the world, our plant scientists and horticulturists are working towards effective, science-based conservation solutions to ensure that we leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation.

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