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Early daffs...and more!
By: Richard Wilford - 05 Dec 2011The 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 2011The 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 2011This 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 2011Have 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 2011While 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 2011Read about our new Library Graduate Trainee and all that her role entails.
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The beauty or the beast?
By: Marcelo Sellaro - 07 Nov 2011Join Marcelo Sellaro as he explores the fascinating world of the titan arum.
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Fruits and leaves of autumn
By: Tony Hall - 04 Nov 2011Tony Hall shares his favourite fruits and leaves from this autumn's show.
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Digging through the Directors' Correspondence: Letters from the Archaeologist M. Aurel Stein
By: Virginia Mills - 02 Nov 2011Read about our trip to the British Library's International Dunhuang Project, the amazing scrolls discovered by archaeologist M. Aurel Stein, and some of Stein's letters that we recently unearthed from the Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive collection.
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Gwendolyn Anley: a British bonsai pioneer
By: Richard Kernick - 01 Nov 2011Discover the history behind two of Kew's bonsai trees, and the little-known story of a British bonsai pioneer, Gwendolyn Anley.
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Elderflower surprise
10 Jun 2013
Scientists at Kew Gardens have discovered compounds new to science in ordinary elderflower drinks.
Speciation systems on Lord Howe Island
06 Jun 2013
Lord Howe Island provides evidence in plants for the ‘syngameon hypothesis’ of adaptive evolution.
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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