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These things are entertaining for Kew’s library is used by students
the visitor, but Kew is underpinned at the School of Horticulture and
by rigorous intellectual purpose. thousands of visitors every year.
It is internationally renowned as Stefano has a particular connection
a centre for botanical research, with Kew. Drawn by his love of
with a particular focus on the plants, he gardened there as an
conservation of endangered plant intern shortly after arriving in
species all over the world. The Britain. He continues to visit Kew
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership regularly with the SMLA team, who
conserves seeds as an insurance use the gardens as an extension
against extinction in their native to the studio, drawing inspiration
habitat, and the herbarium from planting schemes and design,
contains over 7 million specimens observing plants throughout the
and plays a central role in research year, taking photographs and
into plant conservation. detailed notes.