Wakehurst’s sell-out summer event is back. Embark on a performance journey through our wild landscape at Wanderwild – Wakehurst's botanical garden event of live music, acrobatic performers, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘We are connected in every single way. We are nature.’ – Fearne Cotton, British broadcaster, writer and founder of Happy Place. Tune in to nature and the natural world with these simple steps on your ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their 10 favourite species named as new to science in the past 12 months. It's been another busy year here at Kew, with our scientists and their ...

In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Owing to ...

On the roofs above our heads, on garden walls, and in cracks in the pavement; mosses are growing all around us. Often overlooked, these tiny plants have incredible properties. From hot deserts to damp ...

Kew scientists pick their highlights from 74 plants and 15 fungi named with partners in 2023 Spotlight on rare and threatened species that require immediate protection Highlights include three new ...

It’s been another excellent year! In 2023, 74 plants and 15 fungi were named by botanists and mycologists here at Kew and at our partner organisations around the globe. We've seen everything from ...

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), ...