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Alpine success at Chelsea
By: Richard Wilford - 26 May 2011Kew's Alpine Nursery sent plants to the Chelsea Flower Show to be shown to the RHS Rock Garden Plant Committee - and three out of four received an award! Read on to see the what caught the Committee's eye.
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Insects and invasives: investigating threats to Turks and Caicos Islands plants
By: Martin Hamilton - 03 Aug 2011The native plants of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are under increasing threat from plants and animals that have been introduced to these Caribbean Islands in recent years. In an effort to understand the biology of the invasive species, a team of Kew botanists and conservationists spent three weeks studying them and investigating the problems they cause.
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Conservators care for tapa cloth at Kew
By: Daniel Barter & Cristina Liria - 15 Aug 2011Two conservation students from Camberwell College of Arts have spent three weeks surveying barkcloth specimens from the Pacific.
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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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Woods of the World
By: Mark Nesbitt - 30 Oct 2012Each year we host over 200 researchers in the Economic Botany Collection. It's always a pleasure to see their work making it into print, and no more so than with Adam Bowett's magnificent new book, Woods in British furniture-making 1400-1900.
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Photographing the winter garden
By: Philip Smith - 13 Feb 2013IGPOTY director Philip Smith is inspired by the colours and textures in the winter garden and suggests some tips and techniques to help you get the best from your chilly images
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15 minutes of fame - bonsai in the spotlight
By: Richard Kernick - 18 Mar 2013Last year Liam, Tom and Lee from “The Journal of Wild Culture” came to visit Kew Gardens to photograph the bonsai collection for an article in their debut issue. Now the issue has been published and we can all enjoy the results.
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Kew Magazine November post
By: Christina Harrison - 03 Nov 2009It may be starting to look wintry, but there's still plenty to do at Kew.
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Fabulous Fibres Exhibition
By: Mark Nesbitt - 27 Nov 2009Read what happened when the Economic Botany Collection joined forces with Haslemere Museum
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Dripping with colour
By: Christina Harrison - 10 Feb 2010Head to the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew for an antidote to winter!
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Exploring plant fibres - Are they fashionable and sustainable?
By: Mark Nesbitt - 25 Feb 2010Students from the London College of Fashion visit Kew's Economic Botany Collection to explore the sustainability of natural fibres.
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A new typology of seed development in late winter-flowering temperate woodland plants
23 May 2013
Research at the Millennium Seed Bank (RBG Kew) and the University of Reading has identified a new typology of seed development.
Study finds sixty percent of UK species in decline
22 May 2013
Kew has contributed to a groundbreaking report on the state of wildlife in the UK in time for International Day of Biological Diversity. It reveals that 60% of species studied have declined over recent decades.
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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