We’ve nominated our fabulous assistant archivist, @islauter.bsky.social for ARA New Professional of the Year! She very much deserves this, so please do vote for her. Below are some pics from the wonderful Persia Reimagined workshops she ran: www.archives.org.uk/new-professi...

Some treasures from our collections… happy international archives day 🥳

🚨VACANCY: The Archives team is hiring a new Graduate Trainee for a 2-year role. They will be working in the Archives and Records Management team, gaining valuable experience pre-qualification. Deadline: 17 May 2026 Start date: 1 Sep 2026 Salary: £29,692 pa careers.kew.org/vacancy/arch... #KewLA

FREE creative workshops in Kew Gardens Archives, for participants of Asian, African and Caribbean heritage. Explore records about fruit, forestry and plant collection - plus the chance to co-curate an exhibition! Apply by 12/4/26 here forms.office.com/e/mdVXh3icAZ #archives #PublicEngagement

#blossomtime 🌸😍

📣📣📣 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT We’re looking for a full time, permanent records manager at Kew Gardens! Come join our lovely Archives and Records Management team, in this varied role, with the possibility of hybrid working careers.kew.org/vacancy/reco... #RecordsManagement #Vacancies #Hybrid

Follow Fiona to see more lovely images from our collections at Kew Gardens and learn more about our work 🌸🌳🍄📚

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 🎨🌺🇮🇷

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

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

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.

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!

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

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!

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 🌲 🌳🪾

Some super exciting news for our #archives, brought about by a collaboration led by @theul.bsky.social (am trying not to cringe at the reel)

Exploring Northumberland and some rather excellent cup and ring marks. Anyone know what these signified? I’ve guessed ritual, the kids think they were part of children’s games and A thinks waymarks 🤔

Delighted to see the new exhibition as part of the project 'Natural History in the Age of Revolutions' in the Library and Archives at @rbgkew.bsky.social ! Thank you to all those who made this happen, especially my Co-I Staffan Müller-Wille and Fiona Ainsworth. Free and open 1 April-19th June

This looks fabulous 👀

The Palm House looking fabulous in yesterday’s sunshine!

🥁 Drum rolls needed! Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN! We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity! Please, help us share the news! 2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social Info 👇 www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Post-doctoral fellowships available at Kew, closing 20 April. For proposals covering plant-people relationships, broadly defined, and using methods from the humanities, social sciences and life sciences see careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-... Informal enquiries: [email protected]

A PhD opportunity that will involve using the archives of where I now work, and where I used to work - a real archival treat 📚

A brilliant day @linneansociety.bsky.social for Rediscovering Natural History. There was even an interactive session- Using Smell to Open up Archives- with @willtullett.bsky.social and Cecilia Bembibre

Very excited to find the Water Newton silver in the BM. I grew up in Water Newton - if I’d seen The Detectorists back then, there’d have been no keeping me off those fields!

Love this - a lovely basket specially for cheese 🧀

Spent the morning at UCL and got to see Jeremy - what a bequest!

Back where it all started!

Wassailing and mulled wine!

At least he’s got Christmas bedding?! #DuvetKnowItsChristmas