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Hardy Cypripedium - book of the month
22 Jan 2013
To celebrate the opening of Orchids at Kew Gardens, our 'book of the month' feature shines the spotlight on this popular family with an introduction to Hardy Cypripedium by Werner Frosch and Phillip Cribb.
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Christine Leon awarded an MBE
10 Jan 2013
Christine Leon from the Sustainable Uses of Plant Group, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to the UK-China Science Relationship.
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Driving home for Christmas?
by: Joanne Yeomans, Library, Art and Archives blog21 Dec 2012
Discover Marianne North’s travels over Christmases long, long ago
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Everard Im Thurn and the 'lost world'
by: Katherine Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog11 Dec 2012
We take a look at the varied career of Everard Im Thurn through his correspondence with the Directors of Kew, and find out about his exploration of the 'lost world' of Mount Roraima in British Guiana.
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The 'Christmassy' killer raspberry
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog11 Dec 2012
The Millennium Seed Bank's seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, is back with his final blog of the year. To wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas', he is sharing some festive images of a flesh-eating killer raspberry! Do you dare read on ...
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The most intense colour blue in the plant kingdom?
11 Dec 2012
New research investigates structural colour in fruits and flowers.
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Two fantastic new apps, for art and plant lovers alike...
07 Dec 2012
This week, Kew has released two beautiful new titles for iPad: an iBooks edition of the best-selling The Plant Hunters, and an interactive app to accompany the exhibition David Nash at Kew.
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Awards Success!
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog30 Nov 2012
It was a cold day on Thursday but well worth the trip into central London to attend the annual Garden Media Guild Awards at a plush hotel near Grosvenor Square. All fingers and toes were crossed...
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The Golden Age of Botanical Art - book of the month
29 Nov 2012
Kew's 'Book of the month' is The Golden Age of Botanical Art, by Martyn Rix. Read on to discover more about this fantastic new book, published by Andre Deutsch in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Systematics and evolution of the Yellow Star of Bethlehem
29 Nov 2012
The systematics and evolution of Gagea sensu lato in Iran has been the subject of four recent research papers.
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