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Caladium goldwork embroidery
Inspired by the magnificent Caladium from the Princess of Wales Conservatory collection, this course dives into the centuries-old tradition of using metal threads to create dazzling designs fit for ...
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Forest bathing at Kew
Forest bathing is inspired by the popular Japanese wellbeing practice of relaxing under the canopy of trees - known as shinrin-yoku. Our expert guides from the Forest Bathing Institute will help you ...
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Temperate House
The Temperate House will be closed between 30 September and 4 October 2024 and partially closed between 7 to 18 October 2024 to install a new exhibition. It will be closed between 18 to 22 November ...
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C.S.P. Parish and the orchids of Burma
The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the 19th century. The Directors' Correspondence team really enjoyed the recent ...
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What's in a collection? The Herbarium at Kew
William Milliken, Head of Kew's Tropical America team, examines the importance of Kew's collection of over seven million herbarium specimens, and how this resource is being used to tackle the global ...
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Curse of the bamboo flower
A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...
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A Botanical Miscellany? Digitising the Directors' Correspondence
Directors' Correspondence digitiser, Kat Harrington looks at letters to Kew's first official Director, Sir William Jackson Hooker, sent from Brazil. The first is from Maria Graham (in later life, ...
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Halloween at Kew
Discover a brand-new, after dark Halloween trail full of hidden surprises. This spooky season, Kew Gardens will transform into a spooktacular adventure, brought to you by the producers of Christmas at ...
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The dark matter of botany
That’s about ten times the number of known mammal species on Earth – and we don’t know what or where they are. This great ...
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13 creepy plants and fungi for Halloween
As the nights draw in and temperatures begin to fall, it can only mean one thing: Halloween is right around the corner. Lots ...
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Adventure and discovery around the world with the plant hunters
Plant hunters frequently travelled across the world to discover new plants for science. Discover some of their adventures here with stories from Kew's Archives. The Archives team at Kew has been ...