For centuries, humans have shaped plants to meet our needs: sweeter fruits, larger harvests, greater resistance to pests. But ...

Deep within Kew’s Herbarium lies a collection brimming with potential: the carpological collection. Home to more than 53,000 ...

A plant giant has been named new to science at Kew after spending 177 years hidden under the surface of our collections. A breaking botanical discovery has come to light, as the famous giant waterlily ...

From the pollution-busting London plane, to one of our oldest residents, the black walnut, Richard Deverell, Director of Kew, takes us on a tour of his personal favourites. We have an incredible ...

What do you think of when you think of a meadow? Probably an open field, full of grass and flowers gently blowing in the breeze. But there’s so much more than just their beauty. Meadows of all types ...

On the roofs above our heads, on garden walls, and in cracks in the pavement; mosses are growing all around us. Often overlooked, these tiny plants have incredible properties. From hot deserts to damp ...

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 ...

Celebrate biodiversity in all its form this International Day for Biological Diversity by discovering how you can help protect our most precious natural resource. To mark International Day for ...

Spectacular, white-flowered Angraecum longicalcar, is endemic to Madagascar – it can only be found there, like more than 90% of the nearly 1,000 Madagascan orchid species. One of the largest-flowered ...

Without genetic diversity, tomorrow’s forests might not survive. But we've found the solution to help them thrive in an uncertain future. Once upon a time, the UK had a lot more trees. In fact, much ...

Scott has been working at Kew for nearly 15 years, working on the Temperate House restoration, the iconic orchid festival and our Palm and Waterlily houses. He gives us some insight into these ...

Forests are finely tuned to the rhythms of climate. We see these rhythms every year, as leaves fall in autumn and newly formed buds open in spring. Flowers bloom, and seeds are set on a seasonal ...