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Enjoy the beautiful scent of the sweet box
21 Jan 2011
Follow your nose to Kew's Woodland Garden, where the sweet-smelling sweet box is covered in flowers.
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New compounds from Old Lions
20 Jan 2011
During Kew’s 250th anniversary year, researchers at Kew studied the chemistry of two of Kew’s ‘Old Lions’ and discovered nine natural substances new to science.
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Botanical challenge: Identifying specimens in Kew's Herbarium
by: Gemma Bramley, Herbarium blog18 Jan 2011
Find out how Kew botanists, specialising in the flora of southeast Asia, get together every Friday afternoon for the 'family sort' of specimens newly arrived to the Herbarium.
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Highlights from the Marianne North Gallery Conservation Project
by: Eleanor Hasler, Library, Art and Archives blog17 Jan 2011
As the Marianne North Gallery Conservation Project draws to a close, Eleanor Hasler looks back at the highlights of over two years working in the Marianne North Conservation Studio.
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Kew teams up with The Times for Chelsea 2011
15 Jan 2011
Kew is delighted to announce that it is working in partnership with The Times to create a garden showcasing the significance of plants to science and society, through an eye-catching and innovative design by Chelsea gold medallist Marcus Barnett.
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Discover the show-stopping Nymphaea 'Arc-en-ciel'
by: Sam Crosfield, Tropical Nursery blog14 Jan 2011
Find out about the show-stopping, psychedelic and truly unique waterlily, Nymphaea 'Arc-en-ciel', which is grown in the aquatic zone of the Tropical Nursery and displayed to the public in the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
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A new collection of Kew pots
14 Jan 2011
Kew Shop is pleased to introduce a beautiful range of hand-thrown plant pots
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The naming of a mistletoe
by: Tim Harris, Herbarium blog13 Jan 2011
Find out how collaboration between mistletoe experts and the Drylands Africa team in the Herbarium resulted in a new species of mistletoe being documented.
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Botanical surveys of the coastal forests of Mozambique
13 Jan 2011
Fieldwork in the coastal forests of northern Mozambique has so far led to the discovery of 20 new species and 50 species not previously recorded in the country.
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Witch hazels in flower
13 Jan 2011
Beside the Ice House and in the Winter Garden several hybrid witch hazels are in full spidery flower.
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