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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.
Washi: the Art of Japanese Paper
By: Mark Nesbitt - 01 Mar 2013Kew’s world-class collection of Japanese art papers goes on display for the first time in Britain.
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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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The 'Orchid King' and his army
By: Elisabeth Thurlow - 25 Feb 2013Read about the dangers of orchid collecting as Kew's graduate trainee repackages a collection of letters held in the Kew Gardens' Archives.
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Restoring habitats in the Falkland Islands, one seed at a time
By: Alicky Davey and Tom Heller - 22 Feb 2013Alicky Davey from Falklands Conservation and Tom Heller from Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank explain how collecting wild plant seed can help restore eroded habitats and pastures in the Falkland Islands.
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Kew's blackout trees
By: Anthony Hall - 20 Feb 2013During 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!
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Photographing the winter garden
By: Philip Smith - 13 Feb 2013IGPOTY 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 - 11 Feb 2013Discover the fascinating conservation work which has recently taken place on pastel portraits from Kew's Illustrations collection.
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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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Exploring new frontiers!
By: Helen Hartley - 04 Feb 2013The 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.
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First flowering at Kew for Critically Endangered Montserrat orchid
By: Marcella Corcoran - 30 Jan 2013Dust-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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What are hard seeds for?
14 May 2013
A new hypothesis has been proposed on why some seeds are hard.
Caffeine enhances bee memory
10 May 2013
Caffeine in the nectar of coffee and citrus flowers manipulates the memory of pollinating bees.
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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