Science news articles about 'kew gardens'

... of the most impoverished farmers in Africa maximise their crop yields is being tested at London’s Kew Gardens. Developed by engineers at the University of Leeds, the sensor device gathers data on air ...

... farmers in Africa maximize their crop yields is being tested at London's Kew Gardens. The sensor device gathers data on air temperature, humidity, air pressure, light, and soil moisture ...

Kew Gardens completes seed bank collection of 10% of world's plant species threatened by ... species to have its seeds collected, dried and stored in Kew's millennium seed bank, which has, after 17 years ...

... bee-friendly flowers Honeybees are making a comeback to Kew Gardens today as part of a campaign to encourage people to grow bee-friendly flowers in their gardens. Jordans Cereals is releasing 20,000 ...

Conservation is as much about protecting people's lives as plant diversity, according to a new global strategy at Kew Gardens says Juliette Jowit

The role of plants has never been so vital, says the head of Kew Gardens, as the site turns 250 years old.

... he became a botanical Indiana Jones for two days when he joined a Kew Gardens expedition hunting for some very rare seeds. Check out our gallery of extraordinary, alien seed...

... Rhododendron ponticum, which has colonised woodlands since being introduced as an ornamental plant in 1793 to Kew Gardens, is also earmarked because of the potential impact it has on native flora and ...