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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.
Repotting the Sarracenia collections
By: Nick Johnson - 28 Apr 2011Follow the Temperate unit as they complete the mammoth task of repotting the Sarracenia collections.
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C.S.P. Parish and the orchids of Burma
By: Katherine Harrington - 27 Apr 2011The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the nineteenth century.
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The Rock Garden in full bloom
By: Richard Wilford - 21 Apr 2011The recent warm, sunny weather here in London has brought a whole range of plants into flower on the Rock Garden at Kew. Read on to see some of the highlights.
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Restoring cleared minefields in the Falkland Islands
By: Colin Clubbe - 20 Apr 2011Restoring native vegetation on cleared minefield sites is just one of the many challenges facing conservationists in the Falkland Islands.
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The Landscape starts to take shape
By: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford - 19 Apr 2011As the plants start to form a framework, the rockwork nears completion.
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Take a walk on the wild side in the Archives
By: Sarah Cox - 18 Apr 2011Take a walk on the wild side with botanist and plant hunter Henry Ridley, as Sarah discovers his animal encounters!
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Ready for your close-up: getting the most out of macro flower photography
By: Phillip Smith - 15 Apr 2011We love close-ups of flowers. But they are often a bit out of focus, or not very well lit – just not as exciting as you think they ought to be. How can this be improved?
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Pitcairn plant flowers at Kew
By: Marcella Corcoran - 13 Apr 2011Although extinct in the wild, Abutilon pitcairnense from Pitcairn has just flowered at Kew Gardens for the first time.
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Kew's latest field expedition to the Brazilian Amazon
By: William Milliken - 12 Apr 2011Watch the video and discover the reality of tropical fieldwork! Kew's Tropical America team and Brazilian counterparts explore a remote corner of the Amazon, providing important baseline information for conservation planning and management.
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Creating pathways and our first delivery!
By: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford - 07 Apr 2011Learn how we prepared the pathways in the Landscape before the first of our deliveries arrived.
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A new typology of seed development in late winter-flowering temperate woodland plants
23 May 2013
Research at the Millennium Seed Bank (RBG Kew) and the University of Reading has identified a new typology of seed development.
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.
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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