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Conserving mosses

Burkina Faso

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Conserving Mosses

A young botanical scientist grapples with the problem of conserving one of Britain’s rarest mosses.

Burkina Faso

In West Africa, Kew’s seed collectors find even the simplest problems can be tough for local botanists to overcome.

Chihuly at Kew

Kew risks upsetting some of its visitors when one of America ’s most popular glass artists, Dale Chihuly, displays his bold glass sculptures amongst the historic plant collections. We follow the installation of the first piece, The Sun at Kew Gardens, in the Princess of Wales Conservatory.

Royal Horticultural Society Show

The Temperate House and Palm House go head to head as Greg Redwood takes specimens from both houses to be judged at the London RHS Show.

 

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