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Kew magazine
SUMMER 2007
Contents
FEATURES
PROFILE: Wizard of Oz
Gail Vines talks to Kew’s new director to find out what brought
him all the way from Australia
EXPEDITION: On target in Chile
Kew trustee Charles Godfray goes seed-collecting in Chile to help safeguard
threatened species
CLIMATE CHANGE: Signs of the times
Download pdf of our feature article
How is climate change affecting Kew’s plants? Sandra Bell checks
the records, with startling results
LOST AND FOUND: Spectacular survivor
Nigel Simpson describes the rediscovery of Bomarea longipes, 130 years
after it was last seen
KEW'S GARDENS: Within these walls
Chris Clennett goes behind the scenes in Wakehurst Place’s Sir
Henry Price Walled Garden
NOW AND THEN: Plant-hunting expeditions
The second in our series of archive and present-day pictures features
JD Hooker’s expedition of 1877
FESTIVAL: Mediterranean magic
Anthony Hall explains how Kew’s Mediterranean Garden has
been transformed
FIELD WORK: Making compost in Madagascar
Kew’s expertise in large-scale compost-making is put to good use
by Diploma student Daniel Haynes
HERBIVORE: Tree of plenty
With olives now fruiting at Kew, Hattie Ellis traces this iconic tree’s
past; plus recipes by Jane Suthering
REGULARS
IN THIS ISSUE
The editor's letter
DIRECTION
Director Stephen Hopper outlines Kew’s One Planet Programme
KEW NEWS
The latest from all Kew’s gardens
CUTTINGS
A round-up of plant science news
KEW TIPS
Advice on cottage-garden flowers
KEW TREASURES
Discover Kew’s amazing cork artefacts – hat included
YOUNG KEW
Grow your own pizza plants
KEW PLANT
Aesculus indica ‘Sydney Pearce’
EVENTS DIARY
What’s on at
Kew and Wakehurst
AXIS
Mark Ellingham of Rough Guides puts forward his views on flying