Wow 😍

On the heath, Pale Dog Violets, Viola lactea. #wildflowerhour

How beautiful 🥹

Check out some of our recent microclimate modelling work with Met Office! 🌡️

Examining how climate change is affecting the conditions experienced by plant pests and diseases helps us understand how we might adapt to protect UK forests 🌲

blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2024/03/21/met…
#PlantHealthWeek

📢 Vacancies at Kew! 📢

We have two, part-time Editor-in-Chief positions available:
Editor-in-Chief for Kew Bulletin
Editor-in-Chief for Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Find out more about each role in the thread below and apply by 12 May 🧵👇
careers.kew.org/vacancies.html…

Looking forward to taking part in this X/Twitter tree health clinic in #Planthealthweek , hoping for some questions on tree genetics

Let it grow! 🐝🌼🌱 #NoMowMay

NEW TODAY in nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬

This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿

nature.com/articles/s4158…

Huge thanks One World Media for inviting me to judge the 🌍 Environmental category of the 🏆 One World Media Award alongside these amazing environmental reporters & advocates. The longlist was incredibly diverse & inspiring!

More here - oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/longlis…

Jennifer Olachi Uchendu

A carpet of blue has appeared in our Natural Area 🌱

Bluebells are beautiful wildflowers, and a great source of nectar in spring for bees, butterflies and hover flies. 🐝🦋

Huge thanks One World Media for inviting me to judge the 🌍 Environmental category of the 🏆 One World Media Award alongside these amazing environmental reporters & advocates. The longlist was incredibly diverse & inspiring!

More here - oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/longlis…

Jennifer Olachi Uchendu

Pause your scroll.

Escape to nature, just for a moment 🍃

#EarthDay2024 🌱

While global declines in wild biodiversity are well-documented, much less attention is given to declines in agrobiodiversity.

🇬🇧 is helping increase food security and resilience with Kew Science‘s project on agrobiodiversity in 🇪🇹

tinyurl.com/42t23e99

Did you know that the waxy surfaces of plants like Welwitschia mirabilis are just like plastic? 🪴🗑️

Irina Druzhinina is investigating the overlooked microbes that live on such plants at Kew, finding species that could help us end plastic pollution! 🔬💡
#WorldEarthDay

There is such a thing as Heaven on Earth

Exciting news! A flurry of Golden Oriole sightings marks our next #SpringArrivalSpotlight wild card.

These stunning, secretive visitors occasionally overshoot their migration, landing in the UK.

A thrill to spot, this photo was captured in Wales this week by Shaun Evans. 😍

It's #NationalOrchidDay ! Here are 5 things you should know about orchids 👀 👇

Featuring Research Leader and orchid expert, Oscar.
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar

Because it is #NationalOrchidDay (well, it was yesterday but whatever 🤪), pls have a look at
a) 5 cool facts about orchids (see vid below produced by the talented Lydia Shellien-Walker!)
b) the orchid tree of life (read more about it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…)
Please share!

A few years ago this stretch of the Strand was a congested road and this was a photo I took of it yesterday, now that it has been pedestrianised 🌳🙌

The story of David Herling's elms, well told yesterday in The Observer, including our ongoing genetic analysis of them Kew Science Centre for Forest Protection theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…