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Living in Scotland, I was familiar with bumblebees as the main representation of bees. Spending more time in France & Belgium opened my eyes to the variety of bees & that some may look like wasps to the untrained eye (like mine). Image credit: Kew Gardens

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2020-07-10

Does Katie Scott consider herself a 'botanical illustrator'? Check out our extract about her stunning book collab with Kew Gardens from Varoom No Narrative issue for the answer! https://t.co/rtW9f1ZbWq

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2020-06-22

Hi my name is Kew but some people call me jewel, i am a self taught Jamaican artist that loves everything about space which shows sometimes in my drawing😆 I love doing freinds dtyis and fan drawing an i am also working on a comic...pls check me out💎😊💎💕

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2020-06-04

I'm so bad with character birthdays, but June 1st was Kew and Kisama's, two of my favorites! So happy birthday to them! (They have the same birthday because they're technically the same person.)

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2020-06-02

食べたいkewさん...

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2020-05-09

Matilda Smith (1854-1926): Indian-born British botanical artist who became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the second woman to become an Associate of The Linnaean Society.

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2020-04-26

Our previous at Chancery Lane housed the Public Record Office until 1977 when we moved to Kew. The building suffered damage in the Second World War so the documents were moved out of Central London to keep them safe.

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2020-04-18

Kew resident artist Barbara LT’s work has taken a new direction in response to social distancing. She says ‘So I started this little series called Human Hugs. Times are really strange, social distancing taking us away from family or friends or just that wonderful

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2020-04-04

The first one is from 2014, when I first tried digital painting but didn't kew how to grab a pencil. Second one was ended yesterday. Holly molly.

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2020-03-28

Made the most of today’s weather. Poor season for these beauties :/

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2020-03-17

Thanks Penny for the great article in The Gloss Magazine​, I love talking about the trip we made last Summer to Singapore 🇸🇬https://t.co/S121TFM678 Nearly 50 new large scale vibrant oil paintings from Singapore, Kew Gardens and The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland

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2020-03-08

Join us next Wednesday for a on the Collection’s exceptional Lucknow arms and armour and discover the tantalising link to our show,

Book now: https://t.co/eJyhBaQnqw

Image: Unknown Artist, White Waterlily, c.1795. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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2020-01-24

. RBSA will give a watercolour demonstration for launch of book The Kew Book of Painting Orchids in Watercolour commissioned by in collaboration with at on January 18

https://t.co/obIqlqbIC5

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2020-01-09

hello im new to art twitter ! im kew :-) thank you so much for this thread !💘

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2019-12-03

diorama based on kew gardens~~ study based on some plants we saw there

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2019-11-20

Prof. Hooker was the visionary 1st Director of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew who took it from decline to the world famous institution that it is now. He also was an excellent artist👇🏽

"Arum campanulatum"
(Old name of ചേന/सूरन/ Elephant Foot Yam)
Sir William Jackson Hooker
1828

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2019-11-15

Cactus sketch up demo from the Princess of Wales Conservatory - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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2019-10-25

Visited Kew recently and found these little beauts by the river. Couldn’t resist painting them, shame I can’t eat them like other compositions of mine.

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2019-10-23

Come and see our mini-display in collaboration with on the plant and its use to ward off herbarium building reception, Kew Green 9am-5pm weekdays (Kim's book, with out now from Kew Publishing)

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2019-10-01