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Study finds sixty percent of UK species in decline

22 May 2013
Kew has contributed to a groundbreaking report on the state of wildlife in the UK in time for International Day of Biological Diversity. It reveals that 60% of species studied have declined over recent decades.


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Book of the month - The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs

08 May 2013
This book tells the fascinating story of Kew Gardens through over two hundred and fifty black and white photographs, many of which have never been seen before.


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Welcome to the Student Vegetable Plots!

by: Jack Clutterbuck, Incredibles Food blog
24 May 2013

Over the next few months you will find regular updates from the newest batch of Kew Diploma students, all about our very own 1.8 x 8 meter area of royal soil, and hopefully, all about the earthy fruit and vegetables that we have managed to grow.

Celebrating the launch of JSTOR Global Plants

by: Kat Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog
24 May 2013

Kew's unique Directors' Correspondence collection is being made available digitally through a new collaborative website, JSTOR Global Plants.

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Become a Friend of Kew and enjoy year round access to the Gardens while supporting our vital work

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Free access to the Gardens

As a Friend you get year-round free access for you and a family member to our magnificent Gardens at Kew and Wakehurst. Membership will give you the chance to follow and explore our beautiful displays and festivals throughout the seasons, such as the fascinating IncrEdibles festival, which is taking place later this summer. 

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You can also enjoy the beauty, tranquility and wonder of over 750 acres of beautiful landscape across both of our sites and an outstanding living collection of plants, all year round.

Apart from the fantastic membership benefits you get to enjoy, being a Friend also offers you the opportunity to become a part of the world's most important plant conservation organisation.

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A day of talks - Growing vegetables, communities and sustainability

Sat 01 June 2013, 10.30am-5.30pm

In conjunction with this year's IncrEdibles festival, the Kew Mutual Improvement Society (KMIS) is putting on a day of lectures about growing vegetables, and the benefits of doing so for the environment and the community.


Vegetable Gardening

Course - Vegetable growing for novices

Wed 29 May 2013, 10.30am - 4.30pm

Join Christine Lavelle, lecturer in horticulture and ecology, on a course designed for novice gardeners who want to improve their vegetable growing skills.


Winter to spring tree created by children at Wakehurst

Half term activities - The Sweet Success of Plants

Tue 28 May - Fri 31 May 2013, 10am-3.30 pm

Come to Wakehurst this half-term and discover how many of our well-known sweets are made from plants. Make a sweet treat and a special box to put it in.


A spring morning in the arboretum

Course - Photographing trees

Thu 30 May - Fri 31 May 2013, 9.45am - 5.30pm

The course is designed to explore ways of producing stunning photographs of trees as well as teaching how to download, store and enhance the digital images taken.


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Queen Charlotte's Cottage

In the late 18th century, this thatched cottage was a private haven for Queen Charlotte and her family, a place for secluded royal picnicking and leisure time. Open weekends and Bank Holidays from 10am to 4pm until Sunday 29 September 2013.


Temperate House

Temperate House

The Temperate House is the largest surviving Victorian glasshouse in the world, covering 4,880 square metres (5,850 square yards) and extending to 19 metres (63 feet) high. The Temperate House will be closing in summer 2013, for five years, for vital restoration work to be carried out.


Davies Alpine House

Davies Alpine House

The Davies Alpine House is the latest addition to Kew’s glasshouses. It opened in 2006, the first new glasshouse to be commissioned for two decades. It is located at the north end of the Rock Garden.


Rhododendron Dell

Rhododendron Dell

The Rhododendron Dell is believed to date back to Kew’s early days. In around 1734, Charles Bridgeman created a sunken garden on the Richmond Estate (now the western half of Kew).


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