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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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Preparing for the Joseph Hooker exhibition
By: Emma Le Cornu - 29 Mar 2012Read about how the Preservation section prepared for the Joseph Hooker exhibition.
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David Nash sculptures arrive in the Gallery
By: Joanne Seaton - 01 Jun 2012Read about the Gallery Team's exciting preparations for the David Nash exhibition.
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Restoring habitats in the Falkland Islands, one seed at a time
By: Alicky Davey and Tom Heller - 22 Feb 2013Alicky Davey from Falklands Conservation and Tom Heller from Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank explain how collecting wild plant seed can help restore eroded habitats and pastures in the Falkland Islands.
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And the winner is...
By: Philip Smith - 07 Mar 2013After three long months of judging the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, the dust is settling and the results are in! Philip Smith considers whether the winning images are 'stunning' - or altogether more interesting than that...
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On the trail of the lace-bark tree of Jamaica
By: Emily Brennan, Lori-Ann Harris - 26 May 2010The lace-bark tree is the source of a beautiful natural lace, and was a vital part of Jamaican culture for 400 years. Inspired by lace-bark artefacts at Kew, Emily Brennan and Lori-Ann Harris search out the tree and its users in the Jamaican countryside.
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About 'Business Shaped By Nature'
By: Mike Saunders - 07 Jun 2010Learn how some of Kew's world-leading plant experts have come together with thought-leaders at Biomimicry for Creative Innovation (BCI) to see if we can help organisations make nature work harder for them.
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Botanical challenge: Identifying specimens in Kew's Herbarium
By: Gemma Bramley - 18 Jan 2011Find out how Kew botanists, specialising in the flora of southeast Asia, get together every Friday afternoon for the 'family sort' of specimens newly arrived to the Herbarium.
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The changing and developing landscape
By: Philippa Edwards - 31 May 2011Project Manager Philippa Edwards, provides an update on how the plants are looking in the Australia Landscape.
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The mysterious hanging diagrams of Museum No. 2
By: Caroline Cornish - 09 Aug 2011One of Kew's PhD students investigates the beautiful posters that once hung in Kew's museums.
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Free events in Kew's Archives this January
By: Kiri Ross Jones - 06 Jan 2012Join Kew's archivists to hear botanists’ and plant hunters’ stories about their travels and cultural encounters and go behind-the-scenes in the Archives.
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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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