Go behind the scenes with Kew blogs
Keep up to date with what's happening at Kew, including updates from the teams working in the gardens, and our science and conservation teams working in the UK and around the world. Browse the latest posts below, or use the drop down list to visit your favourite blog for the latest news.
Displaying the letters of Augustine Henry
By: Virginia Mills - 03 Feb 2012The Directors' Correspondence team has just put some of the letters of botanist Augustine Henry on display in Kew's Library Reading Room. Find out why we chose him as our subject and how the display brings together material from many of Kew's behind-the-scenes collections.
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Promoting Voices of Oral History in the USA
By: Michele Losse - 31 Jan 2012Michele, Assistant Archivist at Kew, blogs about her experiences at the American Oral History Society's annual conference held in Denver, Colorado, last October.
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From the field - Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra
By: Marie Briggs - 27 Jan 2012Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from the forests of Sumatra. This is the first of their posts.
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Studying yams in Madagascar
By: Tim Harris - 27 Jan 2012Kew and Feedback Madagascar are collaborating to look at the preferences for different species of edible yam in Madagascan rural communities. Find out about the latest research being undertaken as part of Kew's work in Madagascar.
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Investigating the spread of an invasive tree in the Turks and Caicos Islands
By: Alexandra Davey - 24 Jan 2012Alexandra Davey, a Conservation Science MSc student from Imperial College, spent two months in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), investigating the spread of an invasive tree, Casuarina equisetifolia, which threatens coastal habitats there.
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Travel the world and explore the past at Kew
By: Stephanie Rolt - 19 Jan 2012Discover the wealth of documents held at Kew’s Archives which can help us to create a picture of the lifestyles of travellers and explorers in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Antarctic heroes
By: Christina Harrison - 17 Jan 2012Today marks the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team reached the South Pole. But did you know that in the Joseph Hooker exhibition at Kew Gardens, you can see a letter from Scott to Sir Joseph Hooker?
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The winter flowering Cyclamen coum
By: Richard Wilford - 09 Jan 2012It is said that you can have a cyclamen in flower every month of the year and January belongs to the diminutive Cyclamen coum.
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Understanding colour for photographers
By: Philip Smith - 09 Jan 2012Philip Smith shows you how your garden and plant photography can benefit from a richer understanding of colour.
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Free events in Kew's Archives this January
By: Kiri Ross Jones - 06 Jan 2012Join Kew's archivists to hear botanists’ and plant hunters’ stories about their travels and cultural encounters and go behind-the-scenes in the Archives.
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GIS team in Harapan
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How plants conquered the land
06 Feb 2012
Researchers contemplate the first symbioses between plants and fungi.
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Phylogenetics of epiphytic cacti
31 Jan 2012
DNA sequence analysis improves our understanding of the relationships between the epiphytic cacti.
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Explore Kew Gardens on Google Street View
Nature fans and gardening fanatics can find inspiration by navigating the paths of Kew Gardens’ 326 acre site. Take in the largest collection of plants in the world – 30,000 different species, including 14,000 trees – and iconic structures such as the Palm House and Pagoda.
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Don't miss our necklace orchid in flower this autumn
Kew's necklace orchids are showing off their sparkly curtains in the Princess of Wales conservatory at Kew Gardens.
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