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Kew’s wreath for remembrance
11 Nov 2010
Ashley Hughes, resident horticulturist at Kew, will design the wreath laid out at the Cenotaph on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This year's wreath will feature an array of colourful plants taken from Kew’s living collection and representative of the flora of the UK Overseas Territories.
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Marianne North's hidden inscriptions
by: Helen Cowdy, Library, Art and Archives blog08 Nov 2010
Kew's Conservation Team have found all sorts of amazing discoveries beneath the skin of Marianne North's paintings. You can find out more here...
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New plant species discovered in Mato Grosso, Brazil
05 Nov 2010
A beautiful passionflower is amongst the species found in some of the country's most threatened habitats.
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Foray into the world of fungi
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog05 Nov 2010
This week Kew magazine editor Christina Harrison has been mainly...looking at fungi!
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New study reveals how ancient plants and soil fungi turned the Earth green
04 Nov 2010
A new breakthrough by scientists at the University of Sheffield, involving scientists from Kew, has shed light on how the Earth’s first plants began to colonise the land over 470 million years ago by forming a partnership with soil fungi.
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Added protection for the seas around the Chagos archipelago
by: Colin Clubbe, UK Overseas Territories team blog04 Nov 2010
Colin Clubbe from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the newly created Chagos Marine Reserve.
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Katie visits Munich's famous alpine garden
by: Katie Price, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog03 Nov 2010
Reach new heights with Katie Price as she joins Jenny Wainwright Klein, alpine specialist at Munich Botanic Garden, at the famous Alpengarten auf dem Schachen.
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Kew botanists undertake fieldwork in Congo-Brazzaville for the first time
03 Nov 2010
Congo-Brazzaville is the least surveyed forested country in tropical Africa for wild plant species. Botanists from Kew undertook fieldwork in the country for the first time in 2009.
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Kew welcomes Nagoya biodiversity agreement
01 Nov 2010
Kew's Director, Professor Stephen Hopper talks about Kew's response to the agreement reached in Nagoya last week to protect the natural environment. A positive outcome for conserving the world's biodiversity.
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Defra announces Public Bodies Reform Bill
29 Oct 2010
Defra today announced its Public Bodies Reform Bill, which includes Kew. Read the latest update here.
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Isoberlinia doka
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Doka is a vigorously colonising African tree which often dominates the woodland belt that stretches from Guinea in the west to Uganda in the east.
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