We’re thrilled to announce this new milestone of imaging six million specimens – most of which was achieved in just two years ...

Join artist Beth Rodway for an enchanting bauble painting workshop, perfectly timed to celebrate the festive season. During the workshop, Beth will guide you through the process of creating three ...

Discover the studentships we currently have available and find out more about our involvement with a range of Doctoral Training Partnerships and similar schemes. Our studentships are usually ...

Stroll through a sensory haven of winding pathways and towering birches, in a garden especially design to be enjoyed in ...

Letter and plans from Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive give a glimpse into the humble beginnings of one of botany's most revered institutions - Missouri Botanical Garden - and its founder Henry ...

I have recently completed conservation of a large collection of botanical watercolours that were on a variety of supports including paper, vellum and a very fragile Chinese paper. The Ann Lee ...

Global species assessments, in which every extant species in a taxonomic group is systematically assessed, have been conducted only for very few plant groups such as cycads, conifers, mangroves and ...

A conveyor belt of seeds passes idly beneath a metal cylinder, when suddenly – ZAP – tiny purple bolts of lightning rain down ...

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 ...

Joanne Yeomans explores how Kew has inspired people including royalty throughout its history and introduces a new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art which celebrates this. The ...

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 ...