Nestled within the vaults of botanical gardens and museums around the world lie millions of herbarium specimens: an army of ...

British Sign Language tours are free and include free entry to the Gardens - you just need to register in advance. Here's one ...

On Saturday 29 June 2024 between 3.30pm and 6.15pm, the Children's Garden will be closed for a quiet session. Based in a natural setting the size of 40 tennis courts, children can explore all the ...

Passiflora or passion flower is a genus of more than 550 species which are members of the Passifloraceae family. The genus, which contains vines, lianas, shrubs and trees, is predominantly distributed ...

James Wearn, leading a project called ‘Kew Gardens at War’, describes how one poppy helped to keep pain away during wartime while another poppy lets us remember and reflect on the pain and sorrow of ...

Gerhard Prenner, researcher in plant morphology and anatomy, presents his recent studies on Abrus precatorius, a "deadly beauty" with fascinating flowers and inflorescences. The genus Abrus consists ...

Directors' Correspondence digitiser, Kat Harrington looks at letters to Kew's first official Director, Sir William Jackson Hooker, sent from Brazil. The first is from Maria Graham (in later life, ...

William Milliken, Head of Kew's Tropical America team, examines the importance of Kew's collection of over seven million herbarium specimens, and how this resource is being used to tackle the global ...

Scientists at Kew have been studying pollen structure for many years, and trying to unravel how and why certain structures have evolved. In this blog, I will focus on how structures in pollen of ...

Only 30 mins from Central London. Our four gates can be accessed by rail, bus or river. Parking is limited. Discover rare and threatened plants in the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse. Edible ...

Kew’s UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) team recently returned from a successful launch of the Tropical Important Plant Areas project in the British Virgin Islands. Rosemary Newton reflects on the ...