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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Christmas at Kew: what the royal household of King George III ate for their festive dinner in 1788

Picture the scene: a cosy but grand rural retreat. A long mahogany table is dressed for Christmas with evergreen foliage. Flickering flames in a huge stone fireplace reflect off crystal chandeliers, gold candelabras, and the jewelled tiaras of ladies sitting down to dine. A parade of footmen arrives carrying 21…

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My daughter’s first real Christmas has become an expensive disaster

Between the sold-out events, the wilted tree and the hazy memories of how carefree her own childhood Christmases used to be, Amanda Whiting’s attempts to give her three-year-old a festive season to remember have rapidly gone down the tubes. Is this just the reality of modern life today, or a…

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Best gifts for gardeners 2024: Top ideas for green-fingered family and friends

Get the green thumb in your life something they will actually use

Evening Standard

‘Nature embraces queer people’: inside the Kew show about the LGBTQ+ side of plants

Queer Nature celebrates the astonishing diversity of plants – and looks at how they have inspired LGBTQ+ groups. Our writer enters a world of bisexual flowers and asexual trees

The Guardian - UK

Southport Labour shortlist to rival Tory seat contains no local candidates

Three names listed but concerns have been raised about a lack of local figures and speed of process

Liverpool Echo

New rare palm species found to flower underground

Discovered by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners, scientists have named the new to science species Pinanga subterranea.

The Independent UK

The best things to get up to in London with the kids this Easter

From arts projects and boat races to a big (kids-appropriate) daytime rave, it’s time to get egg-cited, says Martha Alexander

Evening Standard

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Dunscore author's modern day witch story chosen as Waterstones' book of the month

Sally Hinchliffe was inspired to write Hare House by Dumfries and Galloway's history of witch trials

The Guardian - UK

With ever hotter UK summers it’s time to rethink the future of grass

This summer saw vast tracts of parks and lawns scorched by drought in the UK, but more watering is not a sustainable solution. Patrick Barkham asks what the future holds for grass

Evening Standard

Best Christmas lights in London 2022 and switch-on dates: From Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

The capital is preparing for the holiday spirit with seasonal street lights

The Independent UK

Show gardens ‘prioritising which plants to look after’ during dry spell

Kew is ‘avoiding excessively using sprinklers during the day’ to reduce evaporation rates.

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The Guardian - UK

Kew Gardens secures a multimillion-pound climate change investment

Greensphere Capital aims to invest up to £100m in research into some of world’s most pressing challenges

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kew Gardens Announces New Giant Waterlily Species

Experts at London's Kew Gardens on Monday revealed they have discovered the first new giant waterlily species since the mid-19th century -- after it was initially mistaken for another. Specimens of the new species had lain undiscovered at the botanical garden for 177 years and in the National Herbarium of…

The Guardian - AU

‘Woke tokenism’: Victorian MP Tim Smith to defy Liberal party support for treaty authority

After weeks of prevaricating, state’s opposition expresses support for independent body to oversee treaty negotiations

Wales Online

Exhibition at Kew Gardens highlights environmental benefits of meat-free protein

The exhibit follows the process from farm to fork of a traditional chicken nugget, versus a nugget produced from a microbial protein

The Guardian - UK

Pots of gold: the world’s most expensive house plants

With people paying upwards of £40,000, the rise of the ‘It plant’ has sparked a speculative frenzy not seen since tulipmania – and with it a green-fingered crimewave

Liverpool Echo

Councillor suspended by Labour party for 'retweeting' Corbyn tweets

Janis Blackburne claimed she was suspended for retweeting two tweets relating to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Evening Standard

Kew director: It’d be lunacy to lose faith in science after the pandemic

Richard Deverell said it would be ‘lunacy’ to reject scientific arguments and added that he wanted Kew to play its part in educating the public

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