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Kew magazine
SUMMER 06
In this issue we've much to celebrate about Kew's heritage - In All in a Day's Work: Picture this... we go behind the scenes to follow the work of the illustrations archivists, who look after one of the world's great botanical art collections. Now that visitors can climb the Pagoda for the first time in years, we explore its history in Heritage: Chinese puzzle and reveal some of its secrets, including the original colour scheme. Plants first introduced in Georgian times are growing in the Colour Spectrum - discover how its riotous colour is planned in Kew's Gardens: Riotous assembly. There's a richness of other heritage plants too - one of Kew's oldest trees is featured in Treasures of Kew and in Plant Profile: Miraculous survivor Professor Sir Peter Crane recounts the history of the ginkgo. But Kew is also creating heritage for the future - in Conservation: Hotspot challenge you can find out about our conservation work in Montserrat and in New Developments: Alpine elegance we feature the Davies Alpine House, the elegant, contemporary new home for the alpine collections.
Like the Garden Photographers' Association exhibition currently at White Peaks - see Time framed - summer at Kew is unmissable - billowing colour in the Duke's Garden and Colour Spectrum, the splendour of the Palm House parterre, and the long shadows cast by trees rustling in slow motion. And there's always a quiet corner in which to sit and contemplate the people and plants from the past that made Kew what it is today.
Contents
FEATURES
PROFILE: The direct approach
Gail Vines looks at the many achievements of Kew’s director, Sir
Peter Crane, as he prepares
to bid Kew a fond farewell
NEW DEVELOPMENTS: Alpine elegance
The Davies Alpine House is now open, and Richard Wilford tells the story
behind its cutting-edge design
PLANT PROFILE: Miraculous survivor
Sir Peter Crane traces the eventful history of the ancient ginkgo tree
PLANTS AND PEOPLE: Lending a hand
Volunteers carry out all kinds of fascinating work behind the scenes
at Kew, as Belinda Parry reveals
HERITAGE: Chinese puzzle
With the opening of the Pagoda, Christina Harrison investigates how this taste
of the Orient came to Kew
CONSERVATION: Hotspot challenge
Colin Clubbe reports
from volcano-ravaged Montserrat on how Kew is helping to conserve native
flora
KEW'S GARDENS: Riotous assembly
(read feature article online html version)
(pdf version)
John Lonsdale explains why creating the vibrant planting of the Colour
Spectrum is like playing 3D chess
EXHIBITION: Time framed
Inspirational images from the garden photography exhibition currently
at White Peaks
ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: Picture this...
Kirsty Fergusson finds out how Kew’s 200,000 botanical artworks
are catalogued and cared for
HERBIVORE: Purple haze
Lavender’s back in fashion – but this time in cooking, says
Hattie Ellis. Recipes by Jane Suthering
REGULARS
IN THIS ISSUE
The editor’s letter
KEW NEWS
Belinda Parry reports on what’s happening at Kew and Wakehurst
CUTTINGS
A round-up of science news
KEW TIPS
Advice on creating colourful borders
TREASURES OF KEW
Kirsty Fergusson delves into the mysteries of the ancient pagoda tree,
one of Kew’s ‘Old Lions’
YOUNG KEW
Find out why flowers are brightly coloured
WILD KEW
Sandra Bell goes spider-spotting in Kew’s gardens and glasshouses
EVENTS DIARY
What’s on at Kew and Wakehurst