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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.
A Journey to the 'Land of Many Waters'
By: Sara Albuquerque - 15 Jun 2011Sara Albuquerque updates us on her journey to Guyana, in the footsteps of Sir Everard im Thurm.
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Conservation of Fortune's Chinese tree portraits
By: Emma Le Cornu - 30 Apr 2012Read about the conservation work which has been carried out on some beautiful watercolour tree portraits from Kew's Illustrations collection.
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Launching a Plant Conservation Task Force for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
By: Colin Clubbe - 09 Jul 2012A major outcome of a one-week plant conservation workshop hosted by the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, is the establishment of a Plant Conservation Task Force for Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands. The overall goal of the Task Force is to protect and sustain the native plant diversity of the Puerto Rican Bank.
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On the murder of Dr Charles Budd Robinson
By: Charlotte Rowley - 20 Sep 2012Read about the death of enthusiastic plant hunter Dr Charles Budd Robinson in Ambon, as told by the murder report in Kew's archives, and learn why miscommunication can be deadly.
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Introducing the new Archives Graduate Trainee
By: Elisabeth Thurlow - 29 Oct 2012Read about the first few weeks of our new trainee and the story behind the travels of Kew's Japanese Gateway
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On Wallace and sago cakes
By: Bill Baker - 03 Apr 2013In this guest post Bill Baker, a palm expert at Kew, reports on a culinary connection between botanists past and present
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Archives 'Take Flight'
By: Hannah Jenkinson - 22 Jan 2010Read about archives that might take off! Find out more about some of the fantastic documents and illustrations we have in the collection at Kew.
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Colombian curiosities in the Directors' Correspondence at Kew
By: Virginia Mills - 01 Feb 2010Read about Robert Blake White's travels in Colombia, the ancient artefacts he collected and the ideas he picked up about gardening in synchronisation with the phases of the moon.
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The Chilean blue crocus, a real eyeful - and it's not a crocus!
By: Sue Skinner - 28 Feb 2011Once thought extinct in the wild, the stunning blue-flowered Chilean blue crocus was rediscovered in the Andes near Santiago, Chile, in spring 2001. You can see it flowering now in the Davies Alpine House.
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Tony visits the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens and mountains of southern Spain
By: Tony Hall - 09 Mar 2011Follow Tony Hall, Manager of the Arboretum at Kew, on his visit to the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens. See the new rock garden they are creating and look at the wonderful array of wild Narcissus, orchids and spring flowering shrubs in the mountains of southern Spain.
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From Chelsea to Mount Fuji, the legacy of Veitch Nurseries
By: Virginia Mills - 20 May 2011Harry Veitch brought the RHS flower show to Chelsea. His brother brought Japanese flora to Europe. Find out more about the Veitch's from Kew's Directors' Correspondence collection.
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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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