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Celebrating the launch of JSTOR Global Plants

By: Kat Harrington - 24 May 2013

Kew's unique Directors' Correspondence collection is being made available digitally through a new collaborative website, JSTOR Global Plants.


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Bluebells in Kew's natural area

By: Anthony Hall - 23 May 2013

Few floral sights in late spring can better a mass of bluebells carpeting a woodland floor.


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The Tropical Plant Identification Course

By: Lee Davies - 22 May 2013

Each year several of the Herbarium botanists organise and run a Tropical Plant Identification Course.


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Conserving Darwin's Letters

By: Eleanor Hasler - 17 May 2013

Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives.


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How to Create a “Slab-Planted” Bonsai

By: Richard Kernick - 13 May 2013

Richard, Kew’s bonsai specialist, and renowned bonsai expert Nobuyuki Kajiwara look into the process of creating a “slab-planted” Japanese white pine bonsai.


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Rory McEwen - The Colours of Reality

By: Joanne Yeomans - 10 May 2013

A new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art showcases botanical illustration from artist Rory McEwen, along with his other artistic talents.


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Mapping Coffee in Ethiopia part two

By: Paul Little - 08 May 2013

Kew photographer Paul Little has just returned from accompanying a field trip to the Highlands of Ethiopia to research the impact of climate change on the vital coffee crop. Read part two of his diary of the trip.


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Bringing Kew's Archive Alive

By: The Trading Consequences Team - 02 May 2013

In this guest blog from the Trading Consequences team, find out how digital data produced by Kew's Directors' Correspondence team is being brought to life and can be used to visualise the British Empire's 19th Century trade networks


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New trees for Kew's historic vistas

By: Tony Hall - 29 Apr 2013

The arboretum team have been out planting some new trees along Kew's historic vistas. This is to ensure they are maintained for generations to come.


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Red Listing the unique plants of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs)

By: Sara Barrios - 26 Apr 2013

Many of the unique plant species growing in the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are under threat. Kew’s Herbarium specimens provide important clues to help us identify those that are in greatest danger.

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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.


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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.


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