Travel through the coastal deserts of Peru’s Atacama and Sechura and, as well as some of the most exquisite landscapes, you ...

3.7 million specimens were digitised through our dedicated digitisation project, with an impressive 100,000 specimens imaged ...

As summer unfolds at Wakehurst, we eagerly await the emergence of new landscapes and experiences. Escape the rising ...

Susan Raikes joins Wakehurst from the Science Museum Group to help advance scientific understanding of plants and landscapes Lorraine Lecourtois to step down after assuming interim directorship ...

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 ...

In partnership with the Royal Holloway Centre for the Geohumanities and the British Academy, Kew is proud to host the seventh lecture in the Denis Cosgrove Lecture series: ‘Planting Resistance: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In late April 2014, the number of specimen records included in Kew’s online Herbarium Catalogue exceeded the 700,000 mark. Half of these records are accompanied by high resolution digital images, all ...