My project explores the social and cultural importance of hedgerows, and how knowledge of the plants within them can shape our sense of place and wellbeing. Hedgerows are often discussed for their ...

Rebecca joins us from the RSPB, where most recently she was the Executive Director of Income and Conservation Investment. This involved engaging and growing the RSPB’s 1.2m members; establishing the ...

Hear from Adam Ceramic, Shiraaz Ali, Kristina Pulejkova, Cristina Ochoa, James Tapscott and Ed Carter on their art installations at Wakehurst celebrating 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank.

More than twice the size of the Palm House, the Temperate House covers 4,880 square metres, has a staggering 15,000 panes of glass and is 19 metres high at its tallest point. The Grade I listed ...

Plant science has many amazing uses but there is one that may come as a surprise. It can help catch killers, solve modern-day crimes and save lives in the process. This branch of plant science is ...

Nestled in the middle of Central America, Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Around half a million species are known to live there, which is equal to about 5% of the ...

Our Herbarium at Kew was founded more than 170 years ago, but the oldest specimens in the collection go back much further. They reveal the determined efforts of early botanists to catalogue the ...

Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 has arrived, shedding light on our current understanding of plants and fungi, and what we need to find out in order to protect them. Kew’s fifth State ...

The story of Hiroshima’s survivor trees lives on, carried by seeds and saplings at Wakehurst and across the globe. 80 years ago on 6 August 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was devastated by an ...

Over 900 species rely on ash trees – bullfinches feed on the seeds, while the lichen on the bark provides nutrients to caterpillars. But they are under threat. Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) is ...

Discover how scientists are identifying the world’s rarest and most evolutionarily unique flowering plants, and why many face extinction within decades. From vanilla orchids to smelly titans, Kew and ...

Within our vast collection of 11,000 trees, made up of more than 2,000 different species, lives an oak tree with a mammoth record. Meet our majestic chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia). It is ...