A fabulous couple of days @theul.bsky.social and @cuherb.bsky.social, with lots of archives and blossoms - two of my favourite things!
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A fabulous couple of days @theul.bsky.social and @cuherb.bsky.social, with lots of archives and blossoms - two of my favourite things!
And then a much more refined trip to see the fabulous Love Letters exhibition @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
Tools of the trade for today’s task #archives #accessions
We still have places on these art workshops! Open to all, free and no artistic experience/skill needed!
Cosy! All in one room, but at least it’s double air beds and Christmas bedding right?! #DuvetKnowItsChristmas. Don’t forget to donate to www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
🎨 Art Workshops at Kew 📚
Second round of creative art workshops inspired by Persia Reimagined: From Herbarium to Heritage
📅 15 January 2026
🕙 10:45 or 13:45 (90 minutes)
📍 Library & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morning 10:45 : lnkd.in/ek2GZtQn
Afternoon 13:45 : lnkd.in/eHZPTqbj
📣📣 FREE talk and workshops relating to our Persia Reimagined exhibition
So proud of this project, which has had so many lovely outcomes! And an absolute pleasure to work with the lovely @shabnambalouch.bsky.social 🎨🌺🇮🇷
Photograph over the shoulder of a woman with long dark hair, sitting at a table drawing. In front of her on the table are papers of different sizes and drawing materials, such as coloured pencils.
A dark wooden table with fixed lamps. Across the table, papers of different sizes are strewn, showing photographs of pomegranates, exhibition flyers for 'Persia Reimagined', copies of archive materials, drawing mats and coloured pencils, as well as patterned shawls. Two people's hands can be seen at the top of the picture, in the middle of drawing.
Happy #EYAInclusion Day! We believe archives are for everyone, and we recently hosted workshops with Persian communities who visited our current exhibition & created beautiful booklets inspired by the items on display! It's vital that anyone who wants to use archives is able to access them. #KewLA
Numerous paper registered files stored vertically on five horizontal white shelves.
For #EYADigital, we’re looking back at how Kew managed its corporate records - from filing paper documents to reviewing which should be archived or securely destroyed. While some paper files remain, we now support staff in managing records effectively in a primarily digital environment. #KewLA
A letter which at the top includes a drawing in ink and the number ‘151’ printed and written in the top left corner. The drawing depicts from left to right: a pot cooking with steam rising from it; a Bhotea mastiff dog writing a note using a quill; a tent with a person sat at a table inside. There are mountains drawn in the background. Underneath, the letter notes that it was sent from Darjeeling on April 2. The contents of the letter discuss Joseph Hooker’s Bhotea mastiffs – Bruno and puppy Kinchin. It mentions that Kinchin is cleaned daily with mustard oil and woods ashes, he steals cheese from Joseph Hooker’s dinner and that Kinchin learnt English was being taught how to write. Ref: JDH/1/10, ff.151
Did you know botanist Sir Joseph Hooker travelled with two Bhotea mastiff dogs? Today’s featured image for #ExploreYourArchive Week #EYAPets is a playful drawing from his letters, showing Kinchin the dog being ‘taught’ to write.
Two typewritten documents, situated in the centre and left-hand side, layered on top of a handwritten logbook, situated on the right-hand side.
For #EYASilence, we thought it fitting to look back at a time in which the Gardens had to be silent. This instruction sheet, issued during the Blitz in WWII, and an air raid logbook detail how the frequency of bombing raids led to the regular suppression of daily operations. #KewLA
The oldest item in our archives! Although we do have older books in our library collections…
Elsie Wakefield - showing women could also do science jobs back in 1915 👑🍄
Happy #ExploreYourArchives week!
Ahh were you in today? Sorry to miss you too!
A very enjoyable Places, Plants and People Archive Network meeting @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social, including the chance to see some archives! Also enjoying the Christmas lights on the bus ride back to station…
Exploring belonging and connection, through making with @jacquir711.bsky.social at the fabulous #CreativeConnections symposium
This was a great afternoon, welcoming 60 super engaged students from @unisouthampton.bsky.social to our collections!
A fabulous visit to @middletemple.bsky.social archives yesterday, for our Places, Plants and People Archive Network. A real treat to see the hall, gardens and archives!
Birthday trip to beautiful @kneppwilding.bsky.social!
A fabulous drink on Isola Bella!
I do love this photo! Happy friendship day!
Now that’s how you do #Glastonbury #TheProdigy
Very much enjoying @rbgkew.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social Gardens and Empire conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Particularly enjoyed hearing about Layers of London with @justincolson.bsky.social, where GIS has been used to amplify diverse voices and put them on the map!
A super interesting workshop @rgsibg.bsky.social today, exploring GIS and archives. And a tour of the collection, which was a real treat! Just need to magic up some time to see what we can do with our archives and GIS ✨
Happy International Archives Day!
Black and white photograph showing people viewing a vegetable plot. Caption below image reading ‘Demonstration plot, 1940-45 at Kew’. ©RBG Kew
A close-up of a black and white type script press release. Kew Archives – 1/Adm/41
On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we look back in our Library & Archives collections at the work of Kew during the Second World War. This press release from 1943, shows how the Garden’s spaces changed their use, including the introduction of demonstration plots. #KewLA #VE80
FREE behind the scenes tours! Come and find out more about our records relating to trees, through an exciting collaboration with @urbantreefest.bsky.social 🌲 🌳