For centuries, Kew has been a sanctuary of biodiversity, a hub of botanical research, and a guardian of our planet's natural ...

Head of Landscapes and Horticulture at Wakehurst, Iain Parkinson, travelled to Armenia. There, he met local botanists, who ...

The Asian Heath Garden is full of fascinating trees and shrubs from China, Japan and Korea. Our evolving collection includes ...

Discover a thrilling after dark Halloween trail full of hidden surprises. This October, Kew Gardens will transform once more into a ghostly, glowing adventure, brought to you by the producers of ...

This map prioritises accessibility information and highlights areas of sensory interest. It also includes a zoomed-in map of part of the Gardens, to help you navigate the busiest area.

We often think of insects buzzing around our flower beds or meadows, but pollen and nectar also come from trees, which only have a tiny footprint in our landscapes. Whether insect-pollinated or ...

Join us at Wakehurst to carry out a one of a kind research project finding out which trees pollinators like best and how we can make our cities more pollinator friendly! You don’t need to have any ...

Botanical art is a vital part of studying plants and fungi. It’s how scientists can highlight the key differences between species and helps them to understand how they are related to each other.

Nature has been the inspiration for many forms of art and literature throughout history. In fact, it inspired the very first photographically illustrated book. Cyanotype photography is a camera-less ...

Of more than 7,000 edible plants worldwide, only 417 are food crops Lack of varied diets poses challenge for the global population Just three crop plants are the staple foods of more than four billion ...

Discover the stories behind why these four iconic plants were adopted as symbols of resilience and resistance by the LGBTQ+ community. We value plants for a number of reasons; their scientific ...

The secrets of the soil hold to the key to ecosystem restoration in the Caribbean. Can we unlock them from the Kew Quarantine House? On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), ...