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Kew Gardens unveils major new attraction with 6,500 plants to highlight climate crisis

Visitors with a ticket to Kew Gardens can enter the garden at no extra cost

Evening Standard

I’m an expert gardener – Kew is a world-class attraction, but here’s what it needs to change

As the iconic Palm House closes its doors, our writer gives her verdict on the botanic institution

The Independent UK

Turning over a new leaf: historic English gardens adapt to the changing climate

Head gardeners try out more diverse and drought-resistant plants from around the world, with fascinating results

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Kew Gardens' £60m Palm House renovation plans explained ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

‘It's a really aggressive environment. The iron is starting to corrode. Some of the glass is coming loose, and we're getting lots of heat escaping.’

Evening Standard

First new wild lady’s-slipper orchid found for 100 years marks conservation win

The discovery of the wild-grown seedling marks success for efforts to bring the incredibly rare species back from the brink of extinction.

The Independent UK

Flower once nearly extinct found in the wild for first time in a century

It is being described as a ‘truly thrilling moment’

The Independent UK

‘A gardener’s dream itinerary’: a tour of Carmarthenshire, the Garden of Wales

A road trip is the perfect way to explore the county’s horticultural highlights, with great places to eat, drink and stay en route

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Kew Gardens’ historic oak reimagined as digital artwork

One of the oldest trees at London’s Kew Gardens has been brought into the digital age with a newly unveiled artwork.

Euronews

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

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

The Guardian - UK

The best places to see cherry blossom in London: from Kensington to Kew

From the iconic rose garden at Kew to the city’s many parks, these are the best places to see the capital in bloom this spring

Evening Standard

Ghost palms and toothy toadstools among species named by Kew scientists in 2024

New finds of toothy toadstools from the UK, orchids from across Indonesia and climbers from tropical Asia are among the list of more than 170 species.

Evening Standard

The Human League and Alison Moyet set for Kew The Music 2025

Kew The Music 2025's latest additions include The Human League and Alison Moyet.

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Country diary: A fungi foray where even the familiar grows strange

Rowney Warren, Bedfordshire: We count 23 species on our hunt, with specimens as wonderful as their names – amethyst deceiver, yellow stagshorn, beechleaf parachute

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

The Independent UK

Your houseplants could be fuelling organised crime

Traffic researchers found that many plants poached from the wild in South Africa end up for sale online around the world

International Business Times

UK Conservationists And EBay Team Up Against Plant Poaching

UK conservationists on Wednesday announced a collaboration with e-commerce giant eBay to combat the illegal plant trade, which is threatening the existence of some species.

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The Guardian - UK

Half of Kew tree species at risk of death owing to climate crisis, study finds

Botanical gardens lost 400 trees during 2022 drought, prompting research in potential loss in coming decades

The Guardian - UK

What links Lady Gaga, Obama and Hitler? How famous people can give new species a bad name

Some scientists want to stop naming new species after public figures, especially as it can threaten an animal’s survival, but others say it can be a helpful conservation tool

Evening Standard

Titan arum: Kew Garden's smelly 'corpse flower' is in bloom

The plant can grow at a rate of nearly 10cm a day to a height of around 3m

The Guardian - UK

British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild

Group banned plants ‘removed from habitat’ from its shows – causing uproar from enthusiasts

The Guardian - UK

Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade

Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that experts say the giant redwoods now outnumber those in their US homeland

Evening Standard

Gardener's notebook: all the best gardening events to check out in London for spring 2024

From sketching bamboo at Somerset House to listening to music to go with the spring blossom at Kew gardens

The Guardian - UK

Tree that lives underground among newly named plant species

Volcano-top orchid also named by scientists contending with extinctions caused by the human destruction of nature

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