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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.
Introducing the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition
By: Philip Smith - 15 Apr 2010Find out about the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and how you can get involved. It's the world’s premier competition for garden plant and flower photography.
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Our Landscape build gets underway
By: Richard Wilford - 13 Apr 2010The turf has been cleared, our landscape beds marked out and the rocks have been put into place. Watch our new video and see how our South Africa Landscape is starting to take shape!
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Misfortune in paradise
By: Caroline Wakeham - 30 Mar 2010Read about one 19th Century botanist's run of bad luck while collecting plants in Latin America. Every botanist has a different story to tell, although not always a happy one.
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Our mysterious treasure from Japan is restored
By: Mark Nesbitt - 29 Mar 2010Kew's Economic Botany Collection recently restored 26 decorative wood panels made in Japan in 1874. Find out more about the condition that we found them in and the process of conservation that followed.
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Our plants from South Africa have arrived in the UK
By: Steve Ruddy - 25 Mar 2010Our plants from the Habitat Tree Nursery, near Somerset West in South Africa have arrived in the UK.
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Our plants from South Africa are still at sea but getting much closer
By: Steve Ruddy - 23 Mar 2010The ship carrying the plants for Kew's South Africa Landscape at the British Museum is getting closer to the UK. All hands are on deck in preparation for their safe arrival. But will the weather be kind?
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Growing our Collections - Archive accessions at Kew
By: Kiri Ross Jones - 15 Mar 2010Find out how Kew's archival collections are growing, what we do with the documents we receive each year and how you can get involved.
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From South Africa to the UK
By: Steve Ruddy - 05 Mar 2010Steve posts about shipping plants from South Africa to the UK and his anxiety for their safe arrival.
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Latin American lonely hearts
By: Kat Harrington - 01 Mar 2010Find out about lonely hearts from Latin America in the Directors' Correspondence Archive Collection.
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Inside the world of Kew magazine
By: Christina Harrison - 01 Mar 2010The spring issue is now out but we're knee-deep in summer already. Find out what's in the Spring Issue of Kew magazine and how the magazine is put together.
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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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BBC - Science & Environment
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Genetics of white tigers pinpointed
