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The holly and the ivy
by: Tony Hall, Arboretum team blog20 Dec 2011
Tony Hall tells tales of holly folklore and describes the amazing variety of colour to be seen along Kew's historic Holly Walk.
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Kew magazine wins Garden Media Guild Award
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog15 Dec 2011
Kew magazine's editor, Christina Harrison, recently attended this year's GMG Awards where her magazine scooped a prestigious award together with finalist results in other categories.
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GIS surveys in New Guinea
13 Dec 2011
Kew botanists have helped to survey the vegetation of Biak Island, off the north coast of New Guinea.
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Sir Joseph Hooker and the UK Overseas Territories
by: Pat Griggs, UK Overseas Territories team blog09 Dec 2011
On the 100th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest botanists of the Victorian era, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, find out about the unique plants that he encountered on his visits to the UKOTs and how this experience influenced his theories on plant distribution, which he later shared with Charles Darwin.
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Early daffs...and more!
by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog05 Dec 2011
The warm autumn has encouraged some daffodils (Narcissus) to flower early in the Davies Alpine House - and there are other interesting plants to see there too.
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Visit to the Arnold Arboretum Boston, USA
by: Tony Hall, Arboretum team blog05 Dec 2011
The Arnold Arboretum on America's east coast is renowned for its autumn colour and old trees. On a recent visit, Tony Hall delved into Kew's historic links with the arboretum, through plants and plant hunting.
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Meet Nathaniel Wallich through his digital archive
by: Helen Hartley, Library, Art and Archives blog02 Dec 2011
This week sees the publication of a new website, funded by the World Collections Programme, which reunites collections relating to the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. Find out more about the man himself in the Directors' Correspondence collection.
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Adapting agriculture to a changing climate
28 Nov 2011
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership has begun work to collect seed from the wild relatives of 26 crop plants as their genetic diversity may enable us to adapt agricultural crops to the climates of the future.
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World's first night-flowering orchid is discovered
22 Nov 2011
Botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis have described the first night-flowering orchid known to science on the island of New Britain, near New Guinea.
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Last chance to enter IGPOTY 2011
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog21 Nov 2011
Have you entered IGPOTY 2011 yet? If not, time is running out. Here, Philip Smith tells you everything you need to know, together with a run through of next year's exhibitions.
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Crinum brachynema
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Crinum brachynema is a Critically Endangered bulbous plant, with great potential as an ornamental, and is restricted to Gujarat and Maharashtra States in western India.
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