Discover Kew's amazing oak tree collection on this free walking tour. Please register with the guide at the Guides Desk, Victoria Plaza 15 minutes before the tour start time.

In December 2022, we closed the 150-acre Loder Valley Nature Reserve, in a vital conservation effort. The closure was to address the impact of ash dieback, a disease affecting over 90% of Wakehurst’s ...

On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), conservationists, scientists, and local partners are working ...

Whilst we were closed, we lost vital income that supported our world-class horticultural and conservation work. We need your help more than ever to protect the future of Kew. If you can't get to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

William Milliken, Head of Kew's Tropical America team, examines the importance of Kew's collection of over seven million herbarium specimens, and how this resource is being used to tackle the global ...

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 ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

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 ...

Reconnect with nature and unwind from the stresses of everyday life at our forest bathing workshops. Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing invites you to slow down and ...