Press release archive - 2009 to 2010
Please see below for press releases from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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2010
- 29 Dec The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden, announce the completion of The Plant List
- 19 Dec A new tropical mistletoe just in time for Christmas – one of many new discoveries from Kew in the International Year of Biodiversity
- 10 Dec Norway pledges $50 million to campaign to collect and employ endangered wild relatives to world's major food crops
- 01 Dec A Choc-a-block full programme at Kew this Easter
- 30 Nov Amazing Amazon Antidote to Frosty February at Kew Gardens!
- 08 Nov Kew's wreath for remembrance
- 03 Nov Study shows how ancient plants and soil fungi turned the Earth green
- 27 Oct Nature's backbone at risk
- 15 Oct Christmas at Kew Gardens ! Father Christmas, Vintage Car Rides, and Winter Walks
- 15 Oct Get Hot and Steamy in Gloomy February at Kew’s Tropical Extravaganza Festival!
- 07 Oct Kew scientists discover the largest genome of them all!
- 28 Sep New study shows over one fifth of the world's plants are under threat of extinction
- 01 Sep The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s historic Herbarium opens a new wing in International Year of Biodiversity
- 24 Sep Earthwatch 2010 Debate, Thursday 14 October 2010
- 22 Sep Ecologists find new clues on climate change in 150 year-old pressed plants
- 20 Sep Kew and Missouri announce the development of the plant list, a working list of all plant species to aid plant conservation worldwide
- 17 Aug CNN International's Earth's Frontiers Debate Asks: Is the loss of planet’s biodiversity a greater threat than climate change?
- 09 Aug Common orchid gives scientists hope in face of climate change
- 27 Jul Princess Alexandra to unveil English Heritage Blue Plaque for former directors of Kew Garden
- 16 Jul Kew's Agave abrupta makes a botanical bid for freedom in Princess of Wales Conservatory
- 15 Jul Bulbmania: Flowers from the Kew collection
- 08 Jul Shanghai Expo and Millennium Seed Bank partnership
- 08 Jul The first arrivals - ancient Britons were the earliest North Europeans
- 07 Jul New Study: Thousands of Undiscovered Plant Species Worldwide Face Extinction
- 01 Jul Enjoy a festive Christmas walk or visit Father Christmas at Kew Gardens
- 01 Jul Botanical Play at Kew this Autumn
- 25 Jun Ascension Island’s ‘extinct’ parsley fern makes a dramatic reappearance during International Year of Biodiversity
- 21 May Rare edible wild yam named as one of top 10 species of 2009
- 21 May Arizona State University press release - new species for top 10 list
- 18 May Smallest waterlily in the world brought back from the brink of extinction by Kew scientists
- 11 May Summer Fun in Biodiversity Year at Kew - Butterflies, Bugs, Beasties and more!
- 22 Apr South American Botanical Art comes to Kew Gardens
- 19 Apr International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at Kew Gardens
- 13 Apr The Qur'anic Garden
- 29 Mar 'Green Talent', a £2 million government scheme project to offer 5,000 green work placements
- 17 Mar South Africa Landscape - A joint project between the British Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 12 Mar Kew's new caterers - Peyton and Byrne
- 10 Mar Kew's Summer festival - Butterflies and Moths
- 10 Mar Have an Eggcellent Easter at Kew's new outdoor play area, Treehouse Towers, sponsored by Velvet
- 17 Feb Spring into Biodiversity Year at Kew
- 10 Feb Independent review of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew published
- 19 Jan Summer Swing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 11 Jan First known instance of a cricket as an orchid pollinator captured on film by Kew scientist
- 11 Jan Kew's Tropical Extravaganza - bursting with biodiversity and dripping with colour
2009
Kew Gardens
- 21 Dec Kew scientists discover over 250 new plant species in Kew's 250th anniversary year
- 11 Dec Appointment of Queen's Trustee to Kew Board
- 04 Dec Scientists think 'Killer Petunias' should join ranks of carnivorous plants
- 02 Dec Head of Restoration Ecology announced
- 02 Dec Kew's New Scent
- 02 Dec Kew Gardens among top UK landmarks now available on Google Street View
- 13 Nov Response from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on TEEB report
- 22 Oct Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership 'top banana' as it celebrates banking 10% of the world's wild plant species
- 22 Oct As easy as APG III - Scientists revise the system of classifying flowering plants
- 22 Oct Marianne North Gallery reopens in Kew's 250th year
- 29 Jul Cycad re-potted in Kew's 250th year
- 16 Jul Defra Review of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 30 Jun Kew's Millennium Seed Bank at Shanghai Expo 2010
- 29 Jun RBG Kew statement on outcomes of Maputo meeting
- 15 Jun Marianne North Gallery - restored and conserved for Kew's 250th
- 15 May Kew Foundation appoints new trustees - Mick and Barbara Davis
- 08 May New species of ancient plant group dicovered in South Africa
- 01 May The Kew foundation appoints new trustee to the board
- 29 Apr Great Plant Hunt week
- 22 Apr Queen's visit to celebrate Kew's 250th
- 21 Apr Dan Cruickshank - BBC documentary on Kew's 250th
- 23 Mar Banking on life: The story of RBG Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership
- 12 Feb The Great Plant Hunt - Kew launches the world's longest recruitment campaign
- 29 Jan Kew appoints landscape architect
- 12 Jan Kew's fungi collection mushrooms to over 1 million specimens in its 250th anniversary year
- 05 Jan Kew goes in search for the next Darwin
Wakehurst Place
- 15 Dec Winter warmers at Wakehurst Place
- 02 Dec 'The Big Switch On' - see the country's tallest Christmas tree lit up
- 12 May Become a junior plant hunter at Kew's country estate this half term
- 12 May Special welcome for centenarians
- 06 May Seeds go platinum and gold for new exhibition at Wakehurst Place
- 06 May Celebrating Kew's 250th anniversary at Wakehurst Place
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