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Highlights from Kew's 'Winter Up Close' Photo Challenge
11 Jan 2011
In December 2010, Kew invited members of its 'Your Kew' and 'Natural Neighbourhood' Flickr groups to take part in our 'Winter Up Close' Photo Challenge. Here are some of our favourite photos.
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In the shadows - how to improve your photographs with one slick cursor move
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog10 Jan 2011
Previously on RAW passions, we left you with the tantalising prospect of exploring the world of RAW files to really push your photography forwards. In this second part - we deliver.
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Signs of spring
by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog07 Jan 2011
We are in the depths of winter but there are already signs of spring appearing on the Rock Garden at Kew.
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Complimentary wine with lunch rocks!
07 Jan 2011
Kew Premier Friends' exclusive offer at the Rock & Rose restaurant in Richmond
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Revised floral formulae and inflorescence terms
06 Jan 2011
Research into the structure and development of flowers and inflorescences has revealed that traditional descriptive methods are often inadequate. Scientists at Kew have therefore suggested revisions to floral formulae and inflorescence terminology.
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High Society - the culture and history of mind-altering drugs
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog04 Jan 2011
Kew's Economic Botany Collection has been a major lender of psychoactive plants to the Wellcome Collection's exhibition 'High Society'.
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Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden announce the completion of The Plant List
29 Dec 2010
This landmark international resource is a working list of all land plant species, fundamental to understanding and documenting plant diversity and effective conservation of plants. This accomplishment is crucial to plant conservation efforts worldwide.
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Extinct to secure: how we saved Ascension’s endemic parsley fern
by: Colin Clubbe, UK Overseas Territories team blog23 Dec 2010
In the space of 17 months, the status of the tiny Ascension Island parsley fern (Anogramma ascensionis) has gone from 'thought extinct' to 'secure' because of the amazing collaborative efforts of a small group of very dedicated people.
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Students help the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership to save a species
22 Dec 2010
A rare UK native plant has been ‘adopted’ by the Uckfield Community Technology College, with the seeds safely stored in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst.
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Season's Greetings from the Library, Art & Archives Team
by: David Iggulden, Library, Art and Archives blog22 Dec 2010
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2011!
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