Propagation Techniques: Botswana by Andrea Brunsendorf With the size of France, landlocked Botswana extends over 1100 km form the north to the south and 960 km from the east to the west in southern Africa. Most of Botswana…
Read MoreGreen waste utilization and management by Fumiko Ishizuna For my travel scholarship I visited the east side of United States of America from the end of April for three weeks to learn and see green waste utilization and…
Read MoreThe floral diversity of Oaxaca Southern Mexico by Jane Allen I developed a passion for cycads whilst working at Kew, and this prompted a desire to observe and study them in their natural habitats around the world. In…
Read MoreBegonias and a blazer in the Philippines by Martin J.S.Sands An account of field visits and participation in the Sixth International Flora Malesiana Symposium in the Philippines More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, a fascinating…
Read MoreTRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP TO SOUTH INDIA: STUDY OF SANDALWOOD (SANTALUM ALBUM) by Heli Markkola In August 2003,I was fortunate to undertake a travel scholarship to India with the help of the Kew Guild among others. The main aim of…
Read MoreBOTANICAL TRIP TO BEIJING by Kenwyn Pearson To fly to Beijing,the capital of China,on 13th April 2003 was something that I could not have even contemplated three years before,as I began a two month stay in hospital and…
Read MoreTravel Scholarship To Malawi by John Evans In May 2002 I undertook a four week trip to Malawi thanks to the generosity of various bodies, particularly the Kew Guild. The aim of my trip was to investigate measures…
Read MoreThe Introduction of Cedar of Lebanon into Britain by F. Nigel Hepper In 1996 I went to Lebanon to see the famous cedars, Cedrus libani (A. Richard), in their reserves high up on Mount Lebanon. Unfortunately, civil war…
Read MoreHungarian Dormice 2002 by Steven Robinson (Wakehurst Place) I was asked by one of the locals in the pub, “What are you doing in Hungary?” I replied, “I am attending the `International Conference on Dormice’.” His reaction was…
Read MoreBHUTAN by Jessica Beghan I graduated from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Diploma in Horticulture course in 2002, clutching a whole host of prizes including the Ernest Thornton-Smith Travel Award for world travel,worth £2,000. The Kew Guild generously…
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