Kew Press Releases 2011-2012

Press releases from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for 2011-2012.

For previous years please see the Press Release Archive. For Wakehurst and Millennium Seed Bank press releases see this page.

Major Summer Exhibition at Kew Gardens: David Nash at Kew- A Natural Gallery

May 2012


Four prominent botanical institutions announce plans to create first online World Flora

23 April 2012


Stellar line-up announced for Kew Gardens' Festival of Summer concerts: Kew the Music, 3-8 July 2012 

March 2012


Japanese tsunami memorial tree planting ceremony at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 3 April 2012

27 March 2012


Kew’s Maya Chocolate Adventure: Easter 2012 at Kew Gardens

8 March 2012


David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 3D will burst onto Sky 3D screens in May 2012

7 March 2012


David Nash: A Natural Gallery

21 February 2012



New International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition opening soon

10 February 2012


Madagascar Orchid Conservation project in collaboration with Illinois College

26 January 2012


Kew's Mayan chocolate adventure

January 2012


David Nash at Kew Gardens
Saturday 9 June 2012 - Sunday 14 April 2013

January 2012


An explosion of colour: Ignite your senses at Kew’s Tropical Extravaganza 2012

17 January 2012


World’s first night flowering orchid discovered on the island of New Britain

21 November 2011


Kew celebrates all things chocolatey this Easter

November 2011


Family Fun this Christmas at Kew Gardens:
Father Christmas, Vintage Car Rides, and Winter Walks!

November 2011


David Nash at Kew Gardens
Saturday 9 June 2012 - Sunday 14 April 2013

October 2011


Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon

05 October 2011


Trust’s link-up with Kew offers hope for endangered butterfly

23 September 2011


Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia

14 September 2011


Rt Hon Richard Benyon, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Fisheries, opens new Kew Plant Reception and Quarantine Unit

September 2011


Family Fun this Christmas at Kew Gardens
Father Christmas, Vintage Car Rides, and Winter Walks!

August 2011


A Landscape of Colour: Kew Gardens in Autumn

August 2011


Sowing the Seeds of UK Biodiversity: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank launches UK Native Seed Hub

17 August 2011


Start@Kew
‘One simple step can make a difference’

21 July 2011


Last Chance to See: The Times Eureka Chelsea Garden comes to Kew for the Summer

01 July 2011


Kew launches fundraising campaign to restore the Temperate House

10 May 2011


Kew's Summer Festival 2011

27 April 2011


Kew Teams Up with The Times for Chelsea 2011

27 April 2011


Appointment of the new Executive Director of the New South Wales Royal Botanic Gardens Trust in Sydney

20 April 2011


'HARD RAIN: What'll you do now?' exhibition comes to Kew Gardens

13 April 2011


Appointment of Trustees to the Board of Trustees, The Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew

01 April 2011


Google Street View adds the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to its Special Collection

02 March 2011


The Last Great Plant Hunt: the story of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank

28 February 2011


Earliest European view of Everest found in Kew Archives

23 February 2011


Scientists warn about prescribed burning

18 February 2011


Kew up to see the World this Summer!

February 2011


A Choc-a-block full programme at Kew this Easter

February 2011


Wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi

02 February 2011


Australia Landscape: Kew at the British Museum

26 January 2011


Kew Teams Up with The Times for Chelsea 2011

January 2011


First Time Out

January 2011


Stunning Spring Selling Exhibition at Kew Gardens

January 2011


Amazing Amazon Antidote to Frosty February at Kew Gardens!

January 2011


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