Get ready for an exciting adventure this October half term as we launch the Nature Heroes Academy in collaboration with National Geographic Kids! Earn a Seed Seeker badge! Join our Nature Heroes, Pip, ...

Discover the world of science behind our botanical collections, with over 50,000 living plants to be found across our UNESCO World Heritage site. The Temperate House will be partially closed between ...

Reconnect with nature and unwind from the stresses of everyday life at one of our forest bathing workshops. Based on the Japanese art of Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing allows you to slow down as you ...

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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 ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the 19th century. The Directors' Correspondence team really enjoyed the recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

Acclaimed ceramic artist Felicity Aylieff brings a major solo exhibition of monumental ceramics to Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art this autumn. Aylieff is renowned for her longstanding ...

Ten young people aged 16-19 from across Britain are on a once in a lifetime expedition to the Galapagos. It is part of an initiative led by two Champions of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Dwayne ...