Worried about the risk of fire, Gerald Loder created a fire brigade for Wakehurst in 1934. Loder was right in his concerns, ...

Join Iain Parkinson, Wakehurst’s Head of Landscape & Horticulture as he reflects on the beauty and importance of meadows.

Scientists at RBG Kew and Queen Mary University of London have found evidence that young ash tree populations are evolving ...

Citizen Science. We would like to find out what our pollinators are foraging on at Wakehurst. We can’t do this alone - we need your help! Take a walk around the gardens, counting the insects that are ...

The initial reaction of most visitors to the Herbarium at Kew is an audible gasp. The transition from the modern foyer into the extraordinary Victorian three-storey ‘vault’ known as Wing C, with its ...

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 ...

Orchid seeds are spread by the wind, which is why they're so tiny. Varying when each seed germinates protects the population ...

Join Kew botanical horticulturist Vicki Thompson to discover where snowdrops originally come from, exactly who distributes ...

Technology like LiDAR isn’t just used for scientific research though: it’s also the magic behind some incredible art. Of the ...

Plant hunters frequently travelled across the world to discover new plants for science. Discover some of their adventures here with stories from Kew's Archives. The Archives team at Kew has been ...

Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives. Among the several million original items in Kew’s Archives is a ...

The ‘Inspiring Kew’ exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art (2016) explores how Kew has inspired artists, writers and scientists from its early days as a royal residence through to ...