Wild strawberries audition as a future space crop
Wilder strawberries may be more suited to space missions than their highly-cultivated cousins.
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Dead and Gone: Resurrection Plants in Space
A few plants have evolved a trick to survive prolonged dessication, and that might prove useful in space.
Mission Sprouts: Space Seeds for Australian Classrooms
Australian schoolkids will be exploring how white clover seeds were changed by a trip to space.
Astronauts Get to Pick Their Own Space Garden
Astronauts on the ISS are growing their own space gardens.
One goal – three approaches
Mangroves might not be the first plant that springs to mind for space agriculture, but at USF they're part of a multidisciplinary approach to growing plants in space.
Cosmic Cuisine: Plants for Space Releases a Recipe Book Grown from Real Research
To mark National Science Week, the Plants for Space (P4S) team has published a free 'space' cookbook inspired by space plants research.
Mission Report: 30 July 2026
My latest round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening incudes French space gardeners, Indian zero-g veg, Chinese space cranberries and a bumper crop in Antarctica!
GotG69: Wine in Space
To celebrate six years of Gardeners of the Galaxy, Emma the Space Gardener is raising a glass and looking into the history… and future… of wine in space.
Pioneer Plants Could Pave the Way for Space Tomatoes
Turkish researchers have used pioneer plants to make regolith better for growing crops.
South African Tea Seeds Prepare for Launch
Seeds from South Africa's rooibos tea plant will head to the International Space Station this October.