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Katie visits Munich's famous alpine garden

by: Katie Price, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog
03 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.

Botanists collecting plants in Congo-Brazzaville

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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Origanum vulgare with hoverfly

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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Analysing seeds in a petri dish

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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Preparing for an expedition to Ethiopia

by: Tim Harris, Herbarium blog
29 Oct 2010

Find out about Tim's preparations for an imminent trip to Ethiopia. The team will work with Kew's partners and research the country's rarest plants.

Dried specimen of Caliphruria tenera

Nature’s backbone at risk

26 Oct 2010

The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. A recent study by Kew and partners has further revealed that that one fifth of plant species are also at risk - including Caliphruria tenera. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according to a study launched today at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Nagoya, Japan.


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Inspiring events at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art 

by: The Gallery Team, Library, Art and Archives blog
26 Oct 2010

Alongside the three exhibitions we have each year at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, we also hold a variety of inspiring events to support the message behind our exhibitions and highlight other work being carried out by Kew.

Countdown to the photography competition deadline – your questions answered

by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog
25 Oct 2010

We have been answering competitors’ questions over the last few weeks as everyone prepares their entries for International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 2010/11. The deadline for competition entries is 30 November 2010. Here we share those answers!

Excavation site at Wakehurst

Unearthing Sussex past

25 Oct 2010

The remains of an historic estate have been revealed in Kew's country garden at Wakehurst.


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The “Montserrat pribby” (part one)

by: Nick Johnson, Tropical Nursery blog
22 Oct 2010

As a new study shows that world plants are as threatened as mammals, Nick Johnson talks about a plant close to his heart that he is caring for in the Tropical Nursery. Here he describes his expedition, recalling where he saw it in the wild.

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