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King says ‘collaboration better than conflict’ in call to help save planet

He was speaking with Camilla by his side at an event to support the Elephant Family charity at Kew Gardens in London.

Evening Standard

Expert shares the top scented plants you need for your garden

Kew Gardens’ Tony Hall reveals what scented plants can do for your garden…

The Independent UK

Kew Gardens to open ‘groundbreaking’ new garden this summer inspired by climate crisis

Carbon Garden will show how carbon helps to sustain life on Earth

Evening Standard

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Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection

In 2024 horticulturalists made single biggest introduction of rare seeds to collection in the past decade

The Guardian - UK

London revellers dealt blow as popular Winter Wonderland closes after Storm Bert wreaks havoc on capital

Three of London’s top attractions forced to close as Met Office wind warning persists

Evening Standard

Meet the Artist Taking Blue-and-White China to Vertiginously New Heights at Kew Gardens, Literally

In her new solo show, British ceramics disruptor Felicity Aylieff manifests her larger-than-life vision of craft in a series of awe-inspiring, five-meter-tall vases and other skillful creations. Here, she tells how she's made them

Livingetc

London's Christmas lights 2024: Switch-on dates and best displays from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

From Kew Gardens to Trafalgar Square, here’s your calendar of the best Christmas lights events for this year

Evening Standard

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'Check your change' as Royal Mint 50p coin sells for almost 400 times face value

Just 210,000 copies of the coin were produced by The Royal Mint, which lists the Kew Gardens coin as one of its most valuable.

The National (Scotland)

Overground and District line part closed for four weekends in September and October for Kew Bridge repairs

Both lines will be closed between Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury stations

Evening Standard

Sculptor Marc Quinn: 'Have I mellowed and joined the establishment? No!'

Ahead of his new exhibition at Kew Gardens, the artist talks about how humans destroy and preserve nature, swapping blood for coconut milk in his sculptures, and how quitting drinking helped his work

Evening Standard

Botanical fairytale set in Kew Gardens wins the Waterstones children’s book prize

Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson – about a girl who finds a door to a magical realm while searching for her mother – wins the overall and young readers awards

The Guardian - UK

Cost of London attractions soars well above inflation in 50 years, Which study finds

The Tower of London, Kew Gardens and London Zoo have all soared dramatically in price since 1974

Evening Standard

Country diary: Caught in a web of late winter branches

Kew Gardens, London: Before these wonderful trees are graced once more with spring leaves, we must appreciate their shadow portraits

The Guardian - UK

‘Cultural vandalism’: row as Kew Gardens and Natural History Museum plan to move collections out of London

Scientific specimens and research facilities set to be rehoused in Reading University science park, alongside British Museum archive

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Kew Gardens Christmas lights 2023: Dates and how to get tickets

The festivities have begun in south-west London but tickets for the annual spectacle of light and natural beauty are disappearing fast

Evening Standard

London's Christmas lights 2023 and switch-on dates, from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

The capital's best festive lights? This is illuminating stuff, says Mike Daw

The Guardian - UK

Kew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’

Ahead of the organisation’s report into the state of our flora and fungi, its director of science talks about his work as a biogeographer and how our diet can make a difference

Evening Standard

Gardener’s Notebook: everything to see at Kew Gardens’ Queer Nature Festival this October

As Kew’s Queer Nature festival gets underway, here’s what visitors can enjoy in its Temperate House this month

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Rare orchid flowers for first time in UK at Kew Gardens

The Florida Ghost Orchid was previously on display at the Chelsea Flower Show last week

Daily Record

Rare 50p coin sold for £179 after bidding war - how to spot valuable change

The Kew Gardens 2009 coin is worth an estimated 280 times its face value.

Daily Mirror

Rare 50p coin sells for £205 after bidding war - do you have one in your spare change?

The Kew Gardens 50p regularly tops lists of rarest coins, with just 210,000 in circulation through the Royal Mint - meaning it is highly sought-after by collectors

Glasgow Live

Rare 50p coin sells for £410 after online bidding war - 800 times its face value

The 50p coin sparked a 12-way bidding war on eBay, with its starting price of £150 quickly rising to £410, with collectors keen to snap up the rare Kew Gardens coin.

Daily Mirror

Rare 50p sells for £234 after bidding war on eBay - and there are more out there

The coin in question was released in 2009 to mark 250 years since Kew Gardens opened in 1759 and the Royal Mint estimate that around 210,000 were made

Edinburgh Live

Rare 50p coin sells for £147 as people urged to check their change

The Kew Gardens coin sold on eBay after a 22-way bidding war. And with coin collectors paying over the odds for change, it is worth checking to see if you have any rare silverware.

The Guardian - UK

Victorian architecture’s lost giant, Decimus Burton, finally regains recognition

The designer of the glasshouses at Kew Gardens fell out of favour – but supporters of a new museum hope to change all that

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