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Working together for a sustainable snowdrop trade
15 Feb 2010
Kew is working in partnership to survey populations of snowdrops in Georgia. The project aims to survey cultivated and wild populations and make recommendations to establish long term sustainable trade.
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Love in the Archives
by: Michèle Losse, Library, Art and Archives blog12 Feb 2010
Read about love letters in Kew's Archives
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Independent review of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew published
10 Feb 2010
An independent performance review of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has praised its impressive achievements and set out recommendations to ensure the major plant science research facility and popular visitor attraction maintains and improves on its success in years to come.
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Dripping with colour
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog10 Feb 2010
Head to the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew for an antidote to winter!
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Kew today - Coelogyne cristata
10 Feb 2010
See this beautiful orchid with its scented white flowers in the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
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Colombian curiosities in the Directors' Correspondence at Kew
by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog01 Feb 2010
Read about Robert Blake White's travels in Colombia, the ancient artefacts he collected and the ideas he picked up about gardening in synchronisation with the phases of the moon.
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Kew today - See our stunning clock vine
28 Jan 2010
This beautiful vine can reach up to 20 feet in length.
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Kew is helping to restore plant life and native habitats on remote islands in the Indian Ocean
25 Jan 2010
A Kew scientist is spending two weeks on a ship to explore the status of plant life on islands of the Chagos Archipelago and help restore native habitats. Some areas have not been visited by botanists for more than 30 years.
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Archives 'Take Flight'
by: Hannah Jenkinson, Library, Art and Archives blog22 Jan 2010
Read about archives that might take off! Find out more about some of the fantastic documents and illustrations we have in the collection at Kew.
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Kew today - Kew's canary bellflower is in flower
21 Jan 2010
See this beautiful climbing plant in the Princess of Wales Conservatory
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The Venus flytrap “eats” insects and sometimes even small frogs that become trapped in its modified, toothed leaves; if the prey struggles, the trap will close even tighter.
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