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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.
Story-telling and jamming in the Landscape
By: Chris Spring - 07 Sep 2010So much has happened in Kew's South Africa Landscape at the British Museum this summer. Find out about some of Chris Spring's highlights. Chris is the Curator of Northeast, East and South Africa collections at the British Museum.
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Inspiring events at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
By: The Gallery Team - 26 Oct 2010Alongside the three exhibitions we have each year at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, we also hold a variety of inspiring events to support the message behind our exhibitions and highlight other work being carried out by Kew.
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Preparing for an expedition to Ethiopia
By: Tim Harris - 29 Oct 2010Find out about Tim's preparations for an imminent trip to Ethiopia. The team will work with Kew's partners and research the country's rarest plants.
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Added protection for the seas around the Chagos archipelago
By: Colin Clubbe - 04 Nov 2010Colin Clubbe from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the newly created Chagos Marine Reserve.
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The "Montserrat pribby" (part two)
By: Nick Johnson - 12 Nov 2010Nick Johnson explains how a new botanic garden on Montserrat used Rondeletia buxifolia as an alternative hedging plant in the garden to inspire others to follow suit, encouraging the use of island endemics instead of invasives.
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Season's Greetings from the Library, Art & Archives Team
By: David Iggulden - 22 Dec 2010Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2011!
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Inspiration from granite outcrops
By: Steve Ruddy - 21 Mar 2011Steve Ruddy visits the granite outcrops near Perth in Western Australia to draw inspiration for this year's Landscape at the British Museum.
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Alpine success at Chelsea
By: Richard Wilford - 26 May 2011Kew's Alpine Nursery sent plants to the Chelsea Flower Show to be shown to the RHS Rock Garden Plant Committee - and three out of four received an award! Read on to see the what caught the Committee's eye.
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Insects and invasives: investigating threats to Turks and Caicos Islands plants
By: Martin Hamilton - 03 Aug 2011The native plants of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are under increasing threat from plants and animals that have been introduced to these Caribbean Islands in recent years. In an effort to understand the biology of the invasive species, a team of Kew botanists and conservationists spent three weeks studying them and investigating the problems they cause.
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Conservators care for tapa cloth at Kew
By: Daniel Barter & Cristina Liria - 15 Aug 2011Two conservation students from Camberwell College of Arts have spent three weeks surveying barkcloth specimens from the Pacific.
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Last chance to enter IGPOTY 2011
By: Philip Smith - 21 Nov 2011Have you entered IGPOTY 2011 yet? If not, time is running out. Here, Philip Smith tells you everything you need to know, together with a run through of next year's exhibitions.
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Elderflower surprise
10 Jun 2013
Scientists at Kew Gardens have discovered compounds new to science in ordinary elderflower drinks.
Speciation systems on Lord Howe Island
06 Jun 2013
Lord Howe Island provides evidence in plants for the ‘syngameon hypothesis’ of adaptive evolution.
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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