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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.
Finding thriving specimens of a rare Caribbean shrub
By: Sara, Colin and Martin - 17 Mar 2011Kew conservationists are thrilled to have identified a rare shrub at several previously unknown sites on Virgin Gorda in the Caribbean.
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Autumn in the Arboretum
By: Tony Hall - 19 Sep 2011Autumn is a wonderful time in Kew's Arboretum. Here Tony Hall explains what creates the leaves' fantastic colours and shares some highlights of what you can see now.
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Kew magazine wins Garden Media Guild Award
By: Christina Harrison - 15 Dec 2011Kew magazine's editor, Christina Harrison, recently attended this year's GMG Awards where her magazine scooped a prestigious award together with finalist results in other categories.
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From the field - fly-camping in the Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra
By: Jenny Williams - 10 Feb 2012Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from their study sites deep in the forests of Sumatra. In this - their second post - they venture into the jungle, seeing all sorts of things on the way.
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Building the Tropical Extravaganza
By: Kirsty Watson - 16 Feb 2012Experience Kew’s Tropical Extravaganza from an apprentice’s point of view.
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Inside the Preservation Studio
By: Debora Hodgson - 27 Feb 2012Read about our Library Graduate Trainee and her behind-the-scenes work in the Preservation Studio.
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Pretty little liars
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 18 Jun 2012In his fourth 'Seed of the Month' series, Wolfgang Stuppy exposes some fraudsters of the plant kingdom including the pretty but poisonous seeds of Abrus precatorius.
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UK Virtual Herbarium - a pilot project
By: Sally King - 03 Aug 2012Will you join Kew’s quest to unlock the information hidden behind the closed doors of our Herbarium cupboards?
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Kew's Library celebrates the Olympics
By: Fiona Ainsworth - 29 Aug 2012A special Olympic-themed display has just been completed in the Library Reading Room.
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‘If you can paint one leaf you can paint the world’
By: Dr. Shirley Sherwood - 07 Sep 2012In this latest post from the gallery, Dr Shirley Sherwood shares how she curated her current exhibition: Portraits of Leaves and Fungi, paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection.
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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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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.
What are hard seeds for?
14 May 2013
A new hypothesis has been proposed on why some seeds are hard.
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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