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Featured in this episodeAussie Bed Minka Makeover Re-potting the Titan Arum
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BBC's 'A New Year at Kew'Episode 2Kew's links with the worldChinese MedicinePlant scientist Christine Leon follows in the footsteps of Kew's heroic plant hunters. She goes to China in serach of medicinal plants, including an iris that has antiseptic properties. Aussie BedDave Cooke creates a new Australian bed in the Temperate House, featuring plants from a dusty red environment. When a valuable glass sculpture breaks, it's Dave's boss who's at fault. Minka MakeoverFew visitors to Kew find the Japanese Minka House hidden behind a forest of bamboo. A massive clearance episode outside and a new exhibition inside make all the difference. Re-potting the ArumThe gigantic Titan Arum has the biggest corm in the world so, for Nigel Rothwell, re-potting it is a hefty and smelly business..
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