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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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As easy as APG III - Scientists revise the system of classifying flowering plants
20 Jan 2010
Scientists from Kew have led a global revision of the system botanists use to classify flowering plants. This work will have a fundamental impact on how botanic gardens organise their collections and the future use of plant information to improve quality of life.
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Kew today - See the flame vine in bloom
19 Jan 2010
Visit Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory to see this beautiful South American vine in flower.
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It may be snowing but spring is on its way...
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog14 Jan 2010
And the snowdrops are already fighting through.
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Kew today - Escape the winter chill in Kew's Palm House
13 Jan 2010
Escape the cold at Kew Gardens and discover our amazing plants in flower in the Palm House.
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Preserving the past for the future
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog12 Jan 2010
How student conservators help care for Kew's collections
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First known instance of a cricket as an orchid pollinator captured on film by Kew scientist
12 Jan 2010
An orchid researcher based on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, and collaborating with researchers at Kew, has used motion-sensitive night cameras to capture the first known occurrence of a cricket functioning as a pollinator of flowering plants. The ‘raspy cricket' is entirely new to science.
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Things to do at Kew in January
08 Jan 2010
Make the most of the snow at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place this new year. See art meet science in the Art of Plant Evolution exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery.
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Kew today - Chinese persimmon
08 Jan 2010
Come to Kew Gardens and see the glorious orange fruits of the Chinese persimmon
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