Kew Publishing
Kew Publishing is the publishing house of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. We produce over 20 new titles each year, catering for diverse readerships from scientists and academics to the general public of all ages. We aim to inspire and educate people about our work and to make available Kew’s unique heritage and resources, knowledge and cutting edge expertise to as wide an audience as possible throughout the world. We have a dedicated website where you can browse and buy our publications, www.kewbooks.com.
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New publications:
Growing Hardy Orchids - LOOK INSIDE (pdf)
Botanical Magazine Monograph Hardy Heathers - LOOK INSIDE (pdf)
Flora of Tropical East Africa Commelinaceae
Flora Zambesiaca Volume 12 Part 1
Preliminary list of the Myrtaceae in Northeastern Brazil
Flora of Tropical East Africa Solanaceae
Trees of Uganda Conservation Checklist
Coming soon
Flora of the Cayman Islands - publication May '12
Flora Zambesiaca Volume 3 Part 4 - publication May '12
Flora Zambesiaca Volume 8 Part 8 - publication May '12
Flora of Tropical East Africa Apocynaceae Part II - publication May '12
Guide d'Identification des Arbres du Burkina Faso - publication May '12
ISG Highly Commended Outstanding Reference Work
Latest news - Awards success for Kew
Information Services Group (ISG) of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) UK
The Kew Plant Glossary was Highly Commended at The Information Services Group Besterman/McColvin Award 2011 for Outstanding Reference Work in Print
'...a fresh, modern, clearly laid out and accessible publication... Plant scientists, conservationists, horticulturalists and gardeners will find this robust paperback a welcome addition to their shelves. The well qualified author approaches his subject with a light touch that makes this work altogether a pleasure to use' (judges' comments).
Garden Media Guild Awards 2011
On 30 November 2011 Kew magazine won a prestigious Garden Media Guild Award for communicating the importance of plants to people. The Plants and Well Being Award was given for Gail Vines' piece Growing your own which appeared in the Summer 2011 issue. Another article from the same issue was a finalist in the same category. Flower Power at Chelsea, written by Stephen Anderton. And Kew magazine awas also a finalist in the Environmental award, with the article Little things mean a lot, from the Autumn 2010 issue, by head of Wakehurst Place, Andrew Jackson.
Find out more about Kew magazine and the winning articles
Kew Publishing also received finalist awards for the following two publications:
Aloes, the Definitive Guide, by S Carter, JJ Lavranos, LE Newton and CC Walker - Reference Book of the Year Finalist
The Smallest Kingdom, by Mike & Liz Fraser - Inspirational Book of the Year Finalist
The Garden Media Guild Awards celebrate the best in garden writing - including books, newspapers and magazines - photography, broadcasting - TV and radio - and new media - gardening websites and blogs. They are the garden media 'Oscars'.
ACE Publication of the Year 2010
Association of Cultural Enterprises
Publication of the Year 2010: Why People Need Plants, produced in association with the Open University.
Kew Enterprises were also awarded Best Licensed Product of the Year for scented Kew's soy candles inspired by the Living Plant Collections.
For more information visit the Association of Cultural Enterprises website.
The National Calendar Awards
2011 Award for Excellence in Environmentally friendly paper: 2012 Curtis’s Botanical Magazine calendar.
2010 Award for Cause Related Associations: 2011 Curtis’s Botanical Magazine calendar.
For more information visit the National Calendar Awards website.
About us
Our list of over 300 titles includes Kew magazine for the general public, 3 scientific journals, floras, checklists, field guides, and illustrated botanical monographs. We cover many subjects in plant sciences and horticulture, including taxonomy, systematics, economic and ethnobotany, conservation and ecology, the history of botany and botanical art.
You can buy our books from the shops at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place, other good bookshops, and online at www.kewbooks.com.
Browse our full catalogue (pdf)
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Kew Publishing
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5715
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 5646
Sales and distribution
In the UK and other territories excluding USA, Canada and Mexico all trade order processing, customer service, warehousing and distribution functions are handled by Marston Book Services Ltd. The University of Chicago Press manage our trade sales orders in North America and Mexico.
These partnerships and operational arrangements ensure that our publications are easily available and accessible to global audiences. They support Kew’s role in sharing its resources and knowledge with the science and education community.
More information see www.marston.co.uk and www.press.uchicago.edu
To buy our books online or by mail order, and to join our electronic mailing list visit www.kewbooks.com
For general enquiries about our publishing programme, contact: Gina Fullerlove, Head of Publishing. For sales enquiries contact: kewscbooks@kew.org
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