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Fascinating collection of Ray Cowell's illustrations comes to Kew

By: Lynn Parker - 20 Dec 2011

Read about a new acquisition of illustrations by artist Ray Cowell, who painted fungi in astonishing detail -  even including the teeth marks of hungry rodents!


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The holly and the ivy

By: Tony Hall - 20 Dec 2011

Tony Hall tells tales of holly folklore and describes the amazing variety of colour to be seen along Kew's historic Holly Walk.


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Kew magazine wins Garden Media Guild Award

By: Christina Harrison - 15 Dec 2011

Kew 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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Sir Joseph Hooker and the UK Overseas Territories

By: Pat Griggs - 09 Dec 2011

On the 100th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest botanists of the Victorian era, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, find out about the unique plants that he encountered on his visits to the UKOTs and how this experience influenced his theories on plant distribution, which he later shared with Charles Darwin.


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Early daffs...and more!

By: Richard Wilford - 05 Dec 2011

The warm autumn has encouraged some daffodils (Narcissus) to flower early in the Davies Alpine House - and there are other interesting plants to see there too.


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Visit to the Arnold Arboretum Boston, USA

By: Tony Hall - 05 Dec 2011

The Arnold Arboretum on America's east coast is renowned for its autumn colour and old trees. On a recent visit, Tony Hall delved into Kew's historic links with the arboretum, through plants and plant hunting.


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Meet Nathaniel Wallich through his digital archive

By: Helen Hartley - 02 Dec 2011

This week sees the publication of a new website, funded by the World Collections Programme, which reunites collections relating to the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.  Find out more about the man himself in the Directors' Correspondence collection.


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Last chance to enter IGPOTY 2011

By: Philip Smith - 21 Nov 2011

Have you entered IGPOTY 2011 yet? If not, time is running out. Here, Philip Smith tells you everything you need to know, together with a run through of next year's exhibitions.


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Monitoring the effect of an invasive pine scale insect on the national tree of the Turks and Caicos Islands

By: Sara Green - 21 Nov 2011

While an introduced scale insect devastates the Caicos pine in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Sara Green, a Conservation Science MSc student from Imperial College, London investigated the impact that the insect is having on the tree’s habitat and the effectiveness of different techniques of controlling this pest.


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Introducing our new Library Graduate Trainee

By: Debora Hodgson - 09 Nov 2011

Read about our new Library Graduate Trainee and all that her role entails.

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