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The perfect Japanese maple?
By: Katie Price - 25 Oct 2011The trees in the Woodland Garden provide shade for us to grow a range of woodland plants and bulbs, but they also add their own colour at this time of year. The Japanese maple, Acer palmatum 'Sangokaku', is one of the best.
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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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Sourcing plants for the North American landscape
By: Steve Ruddy & Tony Hall - 12 Apr 2012This year will see the West Lawn of the British Museum transformed by an array of stunning trees, flowers and grasses from Canada and the USA. Steve Ruddy and Tony Hall have been busy getting things ready.
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Food for when all else fails - collect from the wild or cultivate?
By: Tim Harris - 11 Feb 2013A successful yam cultivation project in Madagascar cannot keep up with demand for cultivated yams.
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Mapping tools for botanists, part one: SimpleMappr
By: Steven Bachman - 27 Feb 2013The first in a series of reviews by Kew’s Geographic Information Science (GIS) Unit of online mapping tools: this time we look at an online tool for distribution mapping called SimpleMappr
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Kew Gardens Archive Talks and Tours - The First 'Friends of Kew'
By: Lorna Cahill - 10 Apr 2013Details about upcoming free talks at Kew Gardens Archives, involving original historical documents and behind the scenes tours.
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Red Listing the unique plants of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs)
By: Sara Barrios - 26 Apr 2013Many of the unique plant species growing in the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are under threat. Kew’s Herbarium specimens provide important clues to help us identify those that are in greatest danger.
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Welcome to Kew's archive...
By: Kiri Ross-Jones - 18 Dec 2009Meet the Archives Team and read about the Darwin-Henslow letters.
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It may be snowing but spring is on its way...
By: Christina Harrison - 14 Jan 2010And the snowdrops are already fighting through.
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Welcome to the Marianne North Conservation Studio
By: Helen Cowdy - 06 May 2010Read about the Marianne North Gallery Conservation project taking place in the newly built Preservation Studio in the Herbarium at Kew.
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Making order out of chaos - Cataloguing the Rose-Innes papers
By: Hannah Jenkinson - 04 Jun 2010Read about the process of cataloguing a recent accession.
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A new typology of seed development in late winter-flowering temperate woodland plants
23 May 2013
Research at the Millennium Seed Bank (RBG Kew) and the University of Reading has identified a new typology of seed development.
Study finds sixty percent of UK species in decline
22 May 2013
Kew has contributed to a groundbreaking report on the state of wildlife in the UK in time for International Day of Biological Diversity. It reveals that 60% of species studied have declined over recent decades.
Olympic rings spectacular unveiled
18 Apr 2012
A floral spectacular is in bloom in front of the Orangery at Kew Gardens to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games.
David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 3D now available on DVD and Blu-ray
13 Mar 2012
Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kingdom of Plants 3D provides a fascinating new look at plant life using stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques. Own your personal copy today following the DVD and Blu-ray release.
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