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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.
Meet the mint family
By: Gemma Bramley - 10 Dec 2010Learn about some of the scientific research Kew botanists are focusing on in the Lamiaceae family, and visit Kew Gardens this month to hear more about it from our volunteer guides.
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UKOTs Programme 2010 Internships
By: Martin Hamilton - 15 Dec 2010Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme 2010 Internships.
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Welcome to Kew's Herbarium Blog
By: Emma Tredwell - 16 Dec 2010Find out about the work of scientists in Kew’s Herbarium, including their expeditions to study plant and fungal life around the world.
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Highlights from the Marianne North Gallery Conservation Project
By: Eleanor Hasler - 17 Jan 2011As the Marianne North Gallery Conservation Project draws to a close, Eleanor Hasler looks back at the highlights of over two years working in the Marianne North Conservation Studio.
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Introducing First Time Out
By: Mark Nesbitt - 31 Jan 2011Five museums, five objects from the stores, five interpretations…
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RAW memories Part 3: The imaging workflow - raw tiffs and jegs, and making sense of it all
By: Philip Smith - 02 Mar 2011Philip Smith cuts through the competing claims of image management software and offers a simple workflow structure that you can use and adapt for your own situation.
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Researching the landscape
By: Steve Ruddy - 18 Mar 2011Steve Ruddy travels down under to research plants that will feature in Kew's Australia-themed landscape at the British Museum.
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Seven islands in three weeks!
By: Pat Griggs - 11 Mar 2011A team of island-hopping conservationists from Kew is spending three weeks in the British Virgin Islands, investigating the plant diversity of this Caribbean UK Overseas Territory.
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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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#AskArchivists Day with Kew, 9 June 2011
By: Kiri Ross-Jones - 06 Jun 2011Kiri explains how her team will be taking part in the international twitter event #AskArchivists Day and how you can tweet the team your questions.
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The Earth laughs in flowers*
By: Philip Smith - 23 Jun 2011Philip Smith talks through his favourite photos from this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, on display at Kew Gardens.
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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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