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Appointment of Trustees to the Board of Trustees, the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew
01 Apr 2011
Lord Henley has appointed Mrs Tessa Green and Professor Michael Crawley to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Building of the Landscape has started
by: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford, Kew at the British Museum blog30 Mar 2011
Steve and Richard, alongside Alan the 'rockman', begin the build by plotting out the layout of the Landscape.
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The parasitic purple toothwort, Lathraea clandestina, is flowering now.
by: Richard Wilford & Katie Price, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog29 Mar 2011
The purple flowers of the parasitic Lathraea clandestina, known as purple toothwort, mysteriously sprout from the ground in the Woodland Garden.
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Marianne North: A different view
by: Fiona Ainsworth, Library, Art and Archives blog29 Mar 2011
Come into Kew’s Library, Art & Archives Reading Room to see our latest display in the Wolfson Rare Books Room.
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Collecting curators
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog25 Mar 2011
Find out what happened when the curators of four major collections of useful plants recently came together at Kew.
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Development of keeled flowers
25 Mar 2011
A study using scanning electron microscopy has revealed that the keeled petals of Leguminosae and Polygalaceae are fundamentally different.
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Finding plants for the Landscape
by: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford, Kew at the British Museum blog24 Mar 2011
Richard and Steve travel far and wide to find the star plants for this year's Landscape at the British Museum.
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Caatinga biomass estimation
24 Mar 2011
Scientists from Kew and Brazil are analysing data from field experiments to determine the best way to manage trees for sustainable fuelwood production.
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Richard Oldham: 'The Last Botanical Collector'
by: Charlotte Rowley, Library, Art and Archives blog23 Mar 2011
Learn about the hardships faced by the unfortunate botanical collector Richard Oldham on his journey around Japan, and find out what led to the end of his contract with Kew.
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Discovering new localities of a rare species in Georgia
23 Mar 2011
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership team in Georgia made an exciting discovery in October last year when local nature lovers alerted the team to the presence of cyclamen in a district in West Georgia.
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white dead-nettle
The nettle-shaped leaves of Lamium album do not sting and are eaten by slugs and snails.
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