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The Great Plant Hunt
Free
science curriculum resources for children aged 5-11, and an invitation
to join the biggest ever school science project.
Free science curriculum resources for children aged 5-11
Kew to phase out plastic bags
In line with Kew’s environmental stance, this summer we will be phasing out the use of plastic bags in our shops.
Find out more about our new range of recycled paper bags
Kew Gardens Art on Demand
Images
from Kew’s extensive archive available as prints and canvas. Select
a frame and have it delivered to your door.
Buy prints and canvas images from Kew
Rhizotron & Xstrata Treetop Walkway
from 24 May 2008
Climb high into the tree canopy and explore underground at the latest addition to Kew's landscape. Your journey starts in the Rhizotron down amongst tree roots and then takes you 18 metres above on the Xstrata Treetop Walkway.
Find out more about the Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway...
New Sculpture Inspired by Plants
May 2008
Environmental artists Loop.pH have created a unique piece of textile architecture inspired by the way plants grow
Find out more about the Loop.pH sculpture...
Kew's NEW Shirley Sherwood Gallery
From 19 April 2008
This
new gallery of Botanical Art opened on 19 April and is the first
gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art.
Find out more about the Shirley Sherwood Gallery...
New Genus of Self-destructive Palm found in Madagascar
A gigantic palm that flowers itself to death has been discovered in Madagascar. This previously unknown genus is entirely new to science and has been named Tahina spectabilis.
Find out more about the palm...
Billionth Seed Collected by the Millennium Seed Bank
Collected in Mali, the billionth seed to be banked is from an African
bamboo, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, a priority conservation species.
Find
out more about the billionth seed...
Herbarium Catalogue online
This online database provides
access to specimen records and images available digitally
through the Herbarium Catalogue.
Find out more about
the Herbarium Catalogue, and search it online....
Kew Books
Browse
and search the complete range of scientific, horticultural and
general interest books, journals and CDROMs published by Kew,
and order them online.
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