A 2022 study found that blossoms now come out almost a month earlier than they did when records began in 1753. On average, that means that every ten years, trees in the UK are flowering about five and ...

Octonauts: Above and Beyond activity leaflet and badge: £5 for Wakehurst and Kew members and £7 for non-members. Once you’ve finished the trail and activities, enjoy Wakehurst’s springtime beauty.

This unique collection of botanical art celebrates the beauty of nature in exquisite scientific detail – from an age before photography until the present day. The gallery captures the endless variety ...

Plantasia, Kew’s summer festival celebrating the positive effects of plants, is underway. Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most ...

All our cafés and restaurants at Kew Gardens use seasonal and local produce. We source as many ingredients from the Gardens as possible and offer a wide range of plant-based options. Please check for ...

The launch exhibition of the 19th International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) competition will return to Kew Gardens in February. IGPOTY touring exhibition 19 will launch at Kew Gardens and ...

Adventure Cinema is bringing the UK’s No.1 outdoor cinema experience to Wakehurst, with an unforgettable lineup of classic films, musicals, blockbusters, and family favourites - all set beneath the ...

How did the double coconut, one of the natural world’s most celebrated and mysterious phenomena, evolve on a remote island? On the beautiful islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean grows a ...

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 ...

Thousands of years of selective breeding have led to a diminished variety of crops with low genetic diversity. We now rely on just 15 crops for 90% of the world's energy intake, and rice, maize and ...

From plants to poo, Kew Research Fellow Dr Si-Chong Chen reveals how seeds use animals as their free ride for dispersal… Plants can’t pick themselves up and move around, so they often need a little ...

Take a walk through a forest, a field or a park during the autumn and you’ll almost definitely spot them. Clusters of toadstools popping up out of the ground, growing in rings on the grass or even out ...