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.
Everard Im Thurn and the 'lost world'
By: Katherine Harrington - 11 Dec 2012We take a look at the varied career of Everard Im Thurn through his correspondence with the Directors of Kew, and find out about his exploration of the 'lost world' of Mount Roraima in British Guiana.
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The 'Christmassy' killer raspberry
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 11 Dec 2012The Millennium Seed Bank's seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, is back with his final blog of the year. To wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas', he is sharing some festive images of a flesh-eating killer raspberry! Do you dare read on ...
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Awards Success!
By: Christina Harrison - 30 Nov 2012It was a cold day on Thursday but well worth the trip into central London to attend the annual Garden Media Guild Awards at a plush hotel near Grosvenor Square. All fingers and toes were crossed...
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The Woodland Garden dons its winter coat
By: Katie Price - 27 Nov 2012Shifting 20 tonnes of bracken mulch will reap rewards in the year to come
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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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Autumn colour - Six of the best
By: Anthony Hall - 12 Nov 2012So many of the trees and shrubs at Kew show outstanding autumn colour that it has been difficult choosing just the best six
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The taste of the Amazon
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 09 Nov 2012This month Kew's Seed Morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, brings us a post about his recent adventures in the Amazon. Now safely back in the Millennium Seed Bank, he can share with us news of Cupuaçu; the taste of the Amazon!
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Library display celebrates digitisation landmark
By: Virginia - 09 Nov 2012To mark the completion of the latest phase of the Directors' Correspondence Digitisation Project, a display has been prepared in Kew's Library Reading Room to showcase the collection. The display includes 19th and 20th century letters from botanists, travellers and directors of botanic gardens across Asia, as well as photos, illustrations and plant products they sent to Kew with their letters.
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Wax wonders
By: Mark Nesbitt - 05 Nov 2012In the Victorian period, creating wax models of flowers was both a ladylike craft, and an important tool for botanical communication.
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Fabulous fungal foray
By: Anthony Hall - 30 Oct 2012Autumn is the best time for spotting an amazing variety of fungi in Kew's Arboretum
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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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Would you like to work at the Millennium Seed Bank?: I want working in Kew...its my dream.. by: Tibor
The beginnings of Missouri Botanical Garden: Thank you for your comment John. Before writing the blog I read a little about Henry Shaw's early li ... by: directors' correspondence team
The beginnings of Missouri Botanical Garden: Your piece omits to mention that Henry Shaw was born in Sheffield, England. It is interesting to spe ... by: John Edmondson
