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.
Inside the world of Kew magazine
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog01 Mar 2010
The spring issue is now out but we're knee-deep in summer already. Find out what's in the Spring Issue of Kew magazine and how the magazine is put together.
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Exploring plant fibres - Are they fashionable and sustainable?
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog25 Feb 2010
Students from the London College of Fashion visit Kew's Economic Botany Collection to explore the sustainability of natural fibres.
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Making the most of Library Services at Kew
by: Craig Brough, Library, Art and Archives blog18 Feb 2010
Read about the Library's Information Services Team and find out how they can help with your questions and curiosities about the world's plant life, plant artefacts and other plant uses such as medicine.
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Kew today - hay-scented orchid
17 Feb 2010
This beautiful orchid, with its strongly-scented flowers, is flowering just in time for the Tropical Extravaganza festival.
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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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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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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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