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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.
The People's Choice
By: Philip Smith - 17 Jun 2010Find out how you can vote for your favourite photograph and hear thoughts from Jacky Parker, recent winner of the Plant Portraits category.
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South Africa fever
By: Christina Harrison - 14 Jun 2010As the World Cup kicks off, Kew continues to celebrate the natural wonders of this amazing country.
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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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Making order out of chaos - Cataloguing the Rose-Innes papers
By: Hannah Jenkinson - 04 Jun 2010Read about the process of cataloguing a recent accession.
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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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Watch the video - International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010 winners
By: Philip Smith - 21 May 2010See some of the winning photographs from this year's competition and meet the talented people behind them.
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Summer is here - Well the summer issue is anyway...
By: Christina Harrison - 18 May 2010The summer issue of Kew magazine is now on sale - just as the weather seems to be cheering up!
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Reliving Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany
By: Caroline Cornish - 13 May 2010Kew's Economic Botany collection was originally housed in four buildings scattered across the Gardens. What survives of these, and what do they tell us about visitor experiences in the past? A doctoral student from Royal Holloway, University of London, went exploring...
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Hints and tips for photographing tulips
By: Philip Smith - 07 May 2010Get tips from the experts on photographing tulips. Find out more about making the most of natural light and using the right camera accessories.
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Welcome to the Marianne North Conservation Studio
By: Helen Cowdy - 06 May 2010Read about the Marianne North Gallery Conservation project taking place in the newly built Preservation Studio in the Herbarium at Kew.
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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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