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Photo of Vendicari wetland in Sicily

Seed collecting in Mediterranean islands

21 Feb 2013

A new initiative aims to ensure the survival of 900 plant species in six Mediterranean islands.


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Kew's blackout trees

by: Anthony Hall, Arboretum team blog
20 Feb 2013

During the blackout in the Second World War, the edges of kerbs and some kerbside trees around Kew were painted white to help drivers find their way. Over sixty years later some trees on the Kew road still show traces of that time!

539 Rosa spinosissima Dunwich

Chemical clues to rosy relationships

14 Feb 2013

Compounds discovered in a species of rose native to the UK may help to unravel the complex taxonomy of Rosa.


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Photographing the winter garden

by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog
13 Feb 2013

IGPOTY director Philip Smith is inspired by the colours and textures in the winter garden and suggests some tips and techniques to help you get the best from your chilly images

GeoCAT map editor

GeoCAT

12 Feb 2013

A new online tool to help with Red List assessments


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Conserving portraits of Kew botanists

by: Emma Le Cornu, Library, Art and Archives blog
11 Feb 2013

Discover the fascinating conservation work which has recently taken place on pastel portraits from Kew's Illustrations collection.

Food for when all else fails - collect from the wild or cultivate?

by: Tim Harris, Herbarium blog
11 Feb 2013

A successful yam cultivation project in Madagascar cannot keep up with demand for cultivated yams.

Exploring new frontiers!

by: Helen Hartley, Library, Art and Archives blog
04 Feb 2013

The Director's Correspondence Digitisation Team is embarking on a new project. Join us as we journey back in time to 19th Century North America to uncover more tales of exploration, discovery and tragedy.

A family attending the Wakehurst Great Seed Swap 2011

The Wakehurst Seed Festival, including the Seed Swap, at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank

31 Jan 2013

Following the success of our Great Seed Swap, held at Wakehurst for the last two years, this year Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is hosting the Wakehurst Seed Festival, including the Seed Swap.


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First flowering at Kew for Critically Endangered Montserrat orchid

by: Marcella Corcoran, UK Overseas Territories team blog
30 Jan 2013

Dust-like seeds of the orchid Epidendrum montserratense, collected on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, have been germinated and cultivated in carefully controlled conditions at Kew, to produce the first flowers of this species to be seen in the UK.

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