Go behind the scenes with Kew blogs
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.
The Landscape starts to take shape
By: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford - 19 Apr 2011As the plants start to form a framework, the rockwork nears completion.
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Take a walk on the wild side in the Archives
By: Sarah Cox - 18 Apr 2011Take a walk on the wild side with botanist and plant hunter Henry Ridley, as Sarah discovers his animal encounters!
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Ready for your close-up: getting the most out of macro flower photography
By: Phillip Smith - 15 Apr 2011We love close-ups of flowers. But they are often a bit out of focus, or not very well lit – just not as exciting as you think they ought to be. How can this be improved?
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Pitcairn plant flowers at Kew
By: Marcella Corcoran - 13 Apr 2011Although extinct in the wild, Abutilon pitcairnense from Pitcairn has just flowered at Kew Gardens for the first time.
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Kew's latest field expedition to the Brazilian Amazon
By: William Milliken - 12 Apr 2011Watch the video and discover the reality of tropical fieldwork! Kew's Tropical America team and Brazilian counterparts explore a remote corner of the Amazon, providing important baseline information for conservation planning and management.
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Creating pathways and our first delivery!
By: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford - 07 Apr 2011Learn how we prepared the pathways in the Landscape before the first of our deliveries arrived.
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Building of the Landscape has started
By: Steve Ruddy & Richard Wilford - 30 Mar 2011Steve and Richard, alongside Alan the 'rockman', begin the build by plotting out the layout of the Landscape.
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The parasitic purple toothwort, Lathraea clandestina, is flowering now.
By: Richard Wilford & Katie Price - 29 Mar 2011The purple flowers of the parasitic Lathraea clandestina, known as purple toothwort, mysteriously sprout from the ground in the Woodland Garden.
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Marianne North: A different view
By: Fiona Ainsworth - 29 Mar 2011Come into Kew’s Library, Art & Archives Reading Room to see our latest display in the Wolfson Rare Books Room.
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Collecting curators
By: Mark Nesbitt - 25 Mar 2011Find out what happened when the curators of four major collections of useful plants recently came together at Kew.
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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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