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Meet award-winning botanical illustrator Lucy Smith & discover her line drawings

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:21:48 GMT

Lucy Smith recently won second prize in the Margaret Flockton award for botanical illustration. Read about her work as a botanical illustrator at Kew.

The beginnings of Missouri Botanical Garden

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:01:00 GMT

Letter and plans from Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive give a glimpse into the humble beginnings of one of botany's most revered institutions - Missouri Botanical Garden - and its founder Henry Shaw.

Celebrating the launch of JSTOR Global Plants

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT

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

Conserving Darwin's Letters

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:56:35 GMT

Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives.

Rory McEwen - The Colours of Reality

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:43:14 GMT

A new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art showcases botanical illustration from artist Rory McEwen, along with his other artistic talents.

Bringing Kew's Archive Alive

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:11:39 GMT

In this guest blog from the Trading Consequences team, find out how digital data produced by Kew's Directors' Correspondence team is being brought to life and can be used to visualise the British Empire's 19th Century trade networks

The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:56:25 GMT

Read about Kew’s latest publication, which draws on our Library, Art & Archives collections

The self-taught naturalist - Alfred Russel Wallace and Kew

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT

Our library trainee, Marc, blogs about the display he and Elisabeth Thurlow have curated on Alfred Russel Wallace, and looks at some of the connections between this eminent naturalist and Kew

Kew Gardens Archive Talks and Tours - The First 'Friends of Kew'

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:40:00 GMT

Details about upcoming free talks at Kew Gardens Archives, involving original historical documents and behind the scenes tours.

The Perfect Plant Hunting Companion?

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:15:00 GMT

Discovering 'man's best friend' in the Directors' Correspondence collection, part of Kew's archive.

Celebrating David Livingstone's Bicentenary

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:13:49 GMT

To celebrate the bicentenary of African explorer David Livingstone, the Archives team reveal his connection to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and how you can see more of his letters online.

Discovering David Douglas through the Directors' Correspondence

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Read extracts from the letters of David Douglas in the Directors' Correspondence, and learn more about this remarkable plant-hunter and explorer.

Introducing the Library Graduate Trainee

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:03:27 GMT

Meet Kew's current Library Graduate Trainee and discover the range of interesting duties his role comprises

The 'Orchid King' and his army

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Read about the dangers of orchid collecting as Kew's graduate trainee repackages a collection of letters held in the Kew Gardens' Archives.

Conserving portraits of Kew botanists

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:46:20 GMT

Discover the fascinating conservation work which has recently taken place on pastel portraits from Kew's Illustrations collection.

Exploring new frontiers!

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT

The Director's Correspondence Digitisation Team is embarking on a new project. Join us as we journey back in time to 19th Century North America to uncover more tales of exploration, discovery and tragedy.

Introducing the (not quite) new Assistant Archivist

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:10:00 GMT

Meet Kew's new Assistant Archivist, Lorna, and learn about the volunteering projects she manages and how she began her own career volunteering in Kew's Archives

Driving home for Christmas?

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Discover Marianne North’s travels over Christmases long, long ago

Everard Im Thurn and the 'lost world'

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:00:00 GMT

We take a look at the varied career of Everard Im Thurn through his correspondence with the Directors of Kew, and find out about his exploration of the 'lost world' of Mount Roraima in British Guiana.

Your Gate to the Gardens

webteam@kew.org (Kew) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:40:00 GMT

The recent renaming of the Main Gate has had the Archives team thinking about the importance of the Kew gates in the Gardens' history.