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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.
An introduction to Kew's Illustrations Team
By: Julia Buckley - 17 May 2011Find out about the work of Kew's Illustrations Team and the world class resource they care for on a daily basis.
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Curse of the bamboo flower
By: Charlotte Rowley - 22 Aug 2011A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true.
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Big changes for names of algae, fungi, plants and plant fossils
By: Maria Vorontsova - 07 Sep 2011Botanists throw away the printing press and cancel Latin classes.
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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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Seeds from a lost world - the Texas mountain laurel (Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 02 Apr 2012In the second of his ‘Seed of the Month’ series, Wolfgang examines the mystery of why this dull-looking, nut-like fruit contains flashy red seeds.
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Reflections on a year at Kew
By: Stephanie Rolt - 15 Aug 2012Archives Graduate Trainee Stephanie Rolt reflects on some of the highlights of her year at Kew in her final blog post
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Your Gate to the Gardens
By: Elisabeth Thurlow - 27 Nov 2012The recent renaming of the Main Gate has had the Archives team thinking about the importance of the Kew gates in the Gardens' history.
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Snowy Kew
By: Anthony Hall - 24 Jan 2013It may not have made it in time for Christmas but the snow arrived at Kew over the weekend, turning it into a winter wonderland.
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Introducing our new Archives Graduate Trainee
By: Sarah Cox - 08 Oct 2010Read about our new trainee and her first few weeks at Kew.
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Flowering now: The giant Madeiran squill
By: Richard Wilford - 17 Nov 2010The giant Madeiran squill (Scilla madeirensis) is flowering in the Davies Alpine House now. Read on to see how we grow this impressive plant.
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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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