News from the Gardens at Kew and Wakehurst
Keep up to date with the latest news from the gardens at Kew and Wakehurst. Find out about upcoming festivals, events and activities and get information about new flowerings and garden highlights.
Photographing the winter garden
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog13 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
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Conserving portraits of Kew botanists
by: Emma Le Cornu, Library, Art and Archives blog11 Feb 2013
Discover the fascinating conservation work which has recently taken place on pastel portraits from Kew's Illustrations collection.
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Snowy Kew
by: Anthony Hall, Arboretum team blog24 Jan 2013
It may not have made it in time for Christmas but the snow arrived at Kew over the weekend, turning it into a winter wonderland.
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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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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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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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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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The Woodland Garden dons its winter coat
by: Katie Price, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog27 Nov 2012
Shifting 20 tonnes of bracken mulch will reap rewards in the year to come
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Your Gate to the Gardens
by: Elisabeth Thurlow, Library, Art and Archives blog27 Nov 2012
The recent renaming of the Main Gate has had the Archives team thinking about the importance of the Kew gates in the Gardens' history.
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