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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.
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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The arrival of spring in the Arboretum
By: Tony Hall - 22 Feb 2012Colourful bulbs and scented flowering shrubs are brightening up the coldest days in Kew's Arboretum - with the promise of better things to come.
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A first flowering for Kew
By: Marcella Corcoran - 17 Feb 2012With the appearance of a tiny greenish-white flower, Kew’s horticulturists have recorded the first flowering in cultivation of Metastelma anegadense, a plant found only on the low-lying island of Anegada in the Caribbean.
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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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New hollies for Kew's Holly Walk
By: Tony Hall - 15 Feb 2012The Arboretum team continue the improvements to Holly Walk, planting new trees to ensure its future as a 'world's best' avenue of mature hollies.
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Mapping live data and tweets from the field
By: Justin Moat and Steve Bachman - 14 Feb 2012Mapping live data and tweets from the field - experiments with the latest technology 'mashups' in Sumatra.
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Saving the seeds of love
By: Gemma Toothill - 13 Feb 2012Come with me to the underground storage vault at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank to discover more about the heart marked seeds of 'love-in-a-puff' (Cardiospermum halicacabum).
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Roses are red, violets are blue...and human heads are sign of good luck!
By: Virginia Mills - 13 Feb 2012As Valentine's Day approaches, discover the unusual way Taiwanese aborigines went about attracting a partner in the 19th Century, and why plant collector Richard Oldham said the Taiwan mountains were too dangerous a place to collect.
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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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Displaying the letters of Augustine Henry
By: Virginia Mills - 03 Feb 2012The Directors' Correspondence team has just put some of the letters of botanist Augustine Henry on display in Kew's Library Reading Room. Find out why we chose him as our subject and how the display brings together material from many of Kew's behind-the-scenes collections.
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What are hard seeds for?
14 May 2013
A new hypothesis has been proposed on why some seeds are hard.
Caffeine enhances bee memory
10 May 2013
Caffeine in the nectar of coffee and citrus flowers manipulates the memory of pollinating bees.
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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