Kew Gardens
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The long read: In January, an endangered plant was taken from Kew Gardens – only a few years after scientists saved it from extinction. Sam Knight investigates what happens when plant obsession turns criminal.
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Caterpillars now spreading beyond their infestation zone, afflicting trees in parks and gardens in new areas
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From the ancient Aztecs to Woodstock hippies, mind-altering plants have been used by various cultures for thousands of years, for everything from religious ceremonies to staying awake. A new exhibition at London’s Kew Gardens looks at some of the most popular
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GrrlScientist: This lovely video describes important work of Kew Botanical Gardens to publicly share taxonomic information about the monocots online and in one place for the first time.
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The first director of science at Kew Gardens, Kathy Willis, discusses her BBC Radio 4 series From Roots to Riches
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Campaigners weigh in as world-renowned botanical research centre faces budget reduction of £5m
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Botanical garden's tree inspections called a 'shambles' in court but coroner says Erena Wilson's death was 'ghastly accident'
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Witness tells court of falling branch that killed her friend during a child's third birthday party
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Edward Bawden created illustrated maps and structural lithographs from the 1920s to the 60s, with Kew Gardens and London's markets among his favourite subjects
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Damon Young: We all have a genuine longing to comprehend the natural world, above and beyond immediate utility. Botanic institutions safeguard our drive to wonder
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Kew's vast seed bank project is preserving wild relatives of crucial crops to protect food security against the threat of climate change
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Scientists are looking at the role 'neglected and underutilised' plants could play in our diets
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Author of The Galapagos, Henry Nicholls, delivers his verdict on the future of the islands' unique wildlife, and discusses new evidence of the role of sea levels in past speciation
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Geologist Alexandra Witze and writer Jeff Kanipe discuss their book on Iceland's infamous 18th-century natural disaster
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Alice Bell: As a £200m polar research ship and cuts at Kew Gardens make headlines in the same day, we should ask questions about the politics governing science funding decisions.
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Up to 125 jobs to go at botanic institution after ministers impose £1.5m cuts despite warning of critical impact on research
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Cuts to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew risk the loss of 125 jobs, many in science and public engagement.
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Mark Diacono: Getting things right is about planning as well as digging – and here is how to find the best ideas
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Numbers also up at indoor attractions, with British Museum most popular for seventh straight year, association reports
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From the Guardian archive From the archive, 10 February 1913: Suffragettes suspected of vandalising Kew Gardens
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 10 February 1913: An investigation has failed to identify the culprits. The popular theory, of course, casts suspicion on suffragettes
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An example of the world's smallest waterlily was stolen from Kew Gardens this week – and this is just one of many instances of rare and endangered plants being targeted by thieves
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Police launch appeal after Nymphaea thermarum – extinct in the wild – is taken from conservatory in London
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GrrlScientist:In a time and on a planet where we think we know everything, Kew Gardens scientists used Google Earth to identify a lost world perched on a lonely mountain in Africa. Now you can see the film that documents how they made this discovery.
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Huge operation underway to move hundreds of thousands plants ahead of building work at Victorian glass house in spring
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Photographer Reza's exhibition Soul of Coffee, at Kew Gardens in London, celebrates the 10th anniversary of Nespresso's sustainability programme
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VisitBritain says third of foreign visitors enjoyed some of the UK's natural attractions last year, in spite of poor weather
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Oliver Wainwright: 'Architectural foodsmiths' Bompas & Parr inject a dose of fruity fun into Kew's summer festival of edible plants
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Hannah Betts: We British identify with trees, and I hope ash dieback is a spur for all of us to think more deeply about them
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Patient pronounced dead at the scene after branch falls during wet and windy weather conditions
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The economic and environmental benefits of plants must not be overlooked, says the outgoing director of Kew Gardens
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Alok Jha visits Kew Gardens, to see how scientists are tackling the environmental crisis that has seen a fifth of all plant species under threat
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Paul Simons says hedgehogs are benefitting from an increase in slugs slithering across the country
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Former BBC children's controller set to take up Royal Botanic Gardens post in September, after brief stint at Ofcom. By Ben Dowell
GrrlScientist The fungus among us: Kew Gardens' Fungarium