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Groups of red corn poppies
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The language of wildflowers

| By Isha Tickoo
Seedlings growing in a seed tray
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Five unexpected ways seeds kickstart the growing process

Purple blewit (Lepista nuda)
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A fungi frenzy with Kew expert Lee Davies

| By Ellen Rowland
Oyster mushrooms growing
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Recycled by experts

X-ray of seeds
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Journey of a Grow Wild seed

Garlic mustard
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Six Scottish wildflowers you might not have heard of

Ivy
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Could weeds cure all ills?

Japanese Knotweed
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Alien invaders or home-grown thugs?

A person in a red coat and purple hat walks towards some autumnal trees
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The benefits of autumn sowing

A scarlet elf cup fungus growing in some leaf litter
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Cups, coral, ears and stars

Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides, or the Snaketongue truffleclub
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What do heavy metal and fungi have in common?

A fungus lab sits on a wooden table
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Fungus labs 2019: What happened?

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, leaves
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What leaves reveal about wildflowers

Someone uses an orange-handled knife to cut Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) from their fungus-growing kit.
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A journey into the kingdom of fungi

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, in flower
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The mythology of Britain's wildflowers

Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
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Crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples

Daffodils growing in a cluster
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How do you spot a real Welsh daffodil?

Pink and red fungus
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Frankenstein's fungi

| By Isha Tickoo
Three girls, wearing paper hats
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Kew's Youth Explainers take on big climate issues

Mixed wildflowers growing
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Why do wildflowers smell?

Wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare, in flower
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Using our senses to appreciate wild plants

| By Ellen Rowland

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