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Alpine travels in Armenia (part one)
by: Kit Strange, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog13 Jun 2011
See some of the wonderful plants found by Kit Strange from Kew's Alpine team, as she travelled around Armenia to see spring bulbs in their native habitat.
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Kew to be involved in the new INQUIRE education project
10 Jun 2011
Kew is delighted to be a partner in INQUIRE, a pan-European project which aims to reinvigorate inquiry-based science education.
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Kew supporters celebrate the publication of 'The last great plant hunt - the story of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank'
10 Jun 2011
Kew's newest book title was given a great launch with authors, supporters of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank and staff attending a celebratory party in the Nash Conservatory, to welcome the book's publication.
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Friday nights have a new flavour at Kew this summer
09 Jun 2011
Join Peyton & Byrne at one of our exclusive pop-up restaurant evenings in the Orangery, and experience the taste of Kew Gardens as never before.
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#AskArchivists Day with Kew, 9 June 2011
by: Kiri Ross-Jones, Library, Art and Archives blog06 Jun 2011
Kiri explains how her team will be taking part in the international twitter event #AskArchivists Day and how you can tweet the team your questions.
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Hidden Memories - the Archives' Oral History Project
by: Michele Losse, Library, Art and Archives blog03 Jun 2011
Michele blogs about her work on the Oral History Project and how she is capturing the memories of Kew staff.
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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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