Kew Gardens clean up after heavy storm

Title

Kew Gardens clean up after heavy storm

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Havovi Todd interviews at Kew, the Assistant Curator of Kew Botanical Gardens, Tony Kirkham, on the damage caused by and the clean up after the hurricane force storm with comparison to the storm in 1987. Unusual specimens have been lost and research will be impacted.

Contributors

Havovi Todd; Tony Kirkham

Keywords

Storms; Winds; Damage; Scientific research; Natural disasters; Trees; Botanical gardens; Kew

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