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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.
In the shadows - how to improve your photographs with one slick cursor move
By: Philip Smith - 10 Jan 2011Previously on RAW passions, we left you with the tantalising prospect of exploring the world of RAW files to really push your photography forwards. In this second part - we deliver.
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Signs of spring
By: Richard Wilford - 07 Jan 2011We are in the depths of winter but there are already signs of spring appearing on the Rock Garden at Kew.
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High Society - the culture and history of mind-altering drugs
By: Mark Nesbitt - 04 Jan 2011Kew's Economic Botany Collection has been a major lender of psychoactive plants to the Wellcome Collection's exhibition 'High Society'.
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Extinct to secure: how we saved Ascension’s endemic parsley fern
By: Colin Clubbe - 23 Dec 2010In the space of 17 months, the status of the tiny Ascension Island parsley fern (Anogramma ascensionis) has gone from 'thought extinct' to 'secure' because of the amazing collaborative efforts of a small group of very dedicated people.
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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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UKOTs Programme achieves herbarium specimen digitisation milestone
By: Martin Hamilton - 21 Dec 2010Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme specimen digitisation activities.
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The true value of nature
By: Christina Harrison - 20 Dec 2010Biodiversity loss stories do make headlines, but when and how will governments and businesses realise nature's true value and factor it into their accounts?
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A story of wistful memories and RAW passion
By: Philip Smith - 17 Dec 2010In the first of three parts, International Garden Photographer of the Year organiser Philip Smith mourns the passing of film but looks at how shooting RAW files on your digital SLR helps develop creativity and technique.
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Settling into the Archives: catch up with our budding archivist
By: Sarah Cox - 17 Dec 2010Kew's Archives Graduate Trainee, Sarah, blogs about her fascinating work and the new skills she is gaining three months in.
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Welcome to Kew's Herbarium Blog
By: Emma Tredwell - 16 Dec 2010Find out about the work of scientists in Kew’s Herbarium, including their expeditions to study plant and fungal life around the world.
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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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