News from the Gardens at Kew and Wakehurst

Keep up to date with the latest news from the gardens at Kew and Wakehurst. Find out about upcoming festivals, events and activities and get information about new flowerings and garden highlights.

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The winter flowering Cyclamen coum

by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog
09 Jan 2012
It is said that you can have a cyclamen in flower every month of the year and January belongs to the diminutive Cyclamen coum.

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Understanding colour for photographers

by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog
09 Jan 2012
Philip Smith shows you how your garden and plant photography can benefit from a richer understanding of colour.

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Free events in Kew's Archives this January

by: Kiri Ross Jones, Library, Art and Archives blog
06 Jan 2012
Join Kew's archivists to hear botanists’ and plant hunters’ stories about their travels and cultural encounters and go behind-the-scenes in the Archives.

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Fascinating collection of Ray Cowell's illustrations comes to Kew

by: Lynn Parker, Library, Art and Archives blog
20 Dec 2011
Read about a new acquisition of illustrations by artist Ray Cowell, who painted fungi in astonishing detail - even including the teeth marks of hungry rodents!

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The holly and the ivy

by: Tony Hall, Arboretum team blog
20 Dec 2011
Tony Hall tells tales of holly folklore and describes the amazing variety of colour to be seen along Kew's historic Holly Walk.

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Kew magazine wins Garden Media Guild Award

by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog
15 Dec 2011
Kew magazine's editor, Christina Harrison, recently attended this year's GMG Awards where her magazine scooped a prestigious award together with finalist results in other categories.

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Early daffs...and more!

by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog
05 Dec 2011
The warm autumn has encouraged some daffodils (Narcissus) to flower early in the Davies Alpine House - and there are other interesting plants to see there too.

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Last chance to enter IGPOTY 2011

by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog
21 Nov 2011
Have you entered IGPOTY 2011 yet? If not, time is running out. Here, Philip Smith tells you everything you need to know, together with a run through of next year's exhibitions.