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White Peaks Café has been transformed into a new family-friendly restaurant.
01 Jun 2011
There have been some exciting changes taking place to White Peak over recent weeks. We have transformed the existing shop into a new family-friendly café and retail space, with lots more additional seating inside and out
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The changing and developing landscape
by: Philippa Edwards, Kew at the British Museum blog31 May 2011
Project Manager Philippa Edwards, provides an update on how the plants are looking in the Australia Landscape.
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Potting with coir
by: Nick Johnson, Tropical Nursery blog27 May 2011
Join Nick Johnson as he explains the use of peat-free mixes in the Tropical Nursery.
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Play Tweet & Grow today
26 May 2011
Easy to learn but difficult to master, Tweet & Grow invites you to nurture some amazing plants featured at Kew Gardens this summer – from deserts, mountains and rainforests around the world.
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Alpine success at Chelsea
by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog26 May 2011
Kew's Alpine Nursery sent plants to the Chelsea Flower Show to be shown to the RHS Rock Garden Plant Committee - and three out of four received an award! Read on to see the what caught the Committee's eye.
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Kew's garden at Chelsea is revealed
24 May 2011
Kew's garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2011 showcases the significance of plants to science and society, through an eye-catching and innovative design by Chelsea gold medallist Marcus Barnett. See more photos of the garden on Kew's Flickr page and tell us what you think!
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New garden photography exhibition
21 May 2011
See the stunning winning images from the fourth International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, on display from 14 May 2011.
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Palm Phylogenetics and Exhibition
20 May 2011
Kew botanists have collaborated in publishing the most comprehensive phylogeny of arecoid palms, and have also helped to produce a major new exhibition on palms, opening in Berlin on 20 May 2011.
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From Chelsea to Mount Fuji, the legacy of Veitch Nurseries
by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog20 May 2011
Harry Veitch brought the RHS flower show to Chelsea. His brother brought Japanese flora to Europe. Find out more about the Veitch's from Kew's Directors' Correspondence collection.
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Kew Views - Why does plant diversity matter?
20 May 2011
In the run-up to the International Day of Biological Diversity 2011, people working behind the scenes at Kew reflect upon the importance of plant diversity and how their work is helping to safeguard plants at risk.
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Thunberg fritillary is widely cultivated and has been grown commercially as a medicine in China for 700 years.
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