Botanical art is a vital part of studying plants and fungi. It’s how scientists can highlight the key differences between ...

Kew’s vast botanical and mycological archive - plant and fungal specimens collected over centuries - is now just a click away, thanks to our brand-new online Data Portal. For centuries, Kew has been a ...

If you can, adding a voluntary donation to top up your ticket is an easy way to support Kew's vital science and conservation work. If you are a UK taxpayer and add a donation of at least 10%, we can ...

The secrets of the soil hold to the key to ecosystem restoration in the Caribbean. Can we unlock them from the Kew Quarantine House? On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), ...

This summer, Kew Gardens in London will unveil one of its most ambitious garden projects in recent years: the Carbon Garden. Opening in July 2025, this innovative new garden will not only showcase the ...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) roles. Discover the stories of some of ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their 10 favourite species named as new to science in the past 12 months. It's been another busy year here at Kew, with our scientists and their ...

As the biodiversity COP16 unfolds in Colombia, a hot discussion is taking place on the fair use of ‘digital sequence information’ – but what is it really? Easy access to DNA is one of the 21st century ...

In an innovative paper published today in the journal Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Huarango Nature and paramotorists from Forest Air, highlight the exciting ...

Wild plants are being illegally harvested at such a rate that, in many cases, their existence is now under threat, with most sales occurring on social media and ecommerce platforms. Demand for wild ...

Since Kew Gardens was first established nearly two hundred years ago, trees have been a key part of the landscape. Around 11,000 of them call the Gardens home, ranging from young saplings to Kew’s Old ...

Following a year of community conservation efforts in rural Ethiopia, we celebrate a huge success for the future of the false banana Ethiopia, a nation rich in biodiversity and agrobiodiversity, faces ...