On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), conservationists, scientists, and local partners are working ...

Whilst we were closed, we lost vital income that supported our world-class horticultural and conservation work. We need your help more than ever to protect the future of Kew. If you can't get to the ...

Documentary heritage relating to the life and work of Charles Darwin has been recognised on the prestigious UNESCO International Memory of the World Register, highlighting its critical importance to ...

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew announces the appointment of Alex Summers to the role of Curator of Living Collections. Reporting into the new Director of Gardens, Raoul Curtis Machin, this role ...

Reconnect with nature and unwind from the stresses of everyday life at our forest bathing workshops. Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing invites you to slow down and ...

Plants and fungi are vital to the future of food, clean air and medicine. We're fighting against biodiversity loss to save life on Earth.

Plant hunters frequently travelled across the world to discover new plants for science. Discover some of their adventures here with stories from Kew's Archives. The Archives team at Kew has been ...

In December 2022, we closed the 150-acre Loder Valley Nature Reserve, in a vital conservation effort. The closure was to address the impact of ash dieback, a disease affecting over 90% of Wakehurst’s ...

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 ...

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 ...