Explore the gardens you love for longer this summer. Stay behind after the gardens typically close to explore the gardens at sunset, with time to wander, pause and take in the landscape as it shifts ...

Celebrate Bees' Needs Week 2026 at Kew with a day of honey tasting, science and learning activities, expert talks, tours and a chance to get up close with these precious pollinators. Did you know ...

Join author-illustrator Liz Pichon for an event full of storytelling, doodling and creativity inspired by her bestselling Tom Gates books and TV series. Get ready to help Liz create a Monster Plant ...

A new book written by botanists from Kew’s Herbarium aims to convey information about tropical plant families in an easy-to-use and accessible format. Knowing the names of things is the first step in ...

Joseph Hooker's first major botanical expedition was on HMS Erebus as part of Captain James Clark Ross' Antarctica expedition (1839-1843). During his life time, Joseph Hooker travelled extensively.

Library Graduate Trainee Jessica Hudson explores the significance of John Ray's work in sowing the seeds of modern taxonomy. Hello, I’m Jess. I’m one of this year’s new Library Graduate Trainees and I ...

Kew’s global seed banking network, the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP), is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. With an estimated 45% of plant species threatened with ...

These terms and conditions apply to tickets purchased for daytime admission to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wakehurst (jointly referred to as “Kew”) ...

My project explores the social and cultural importance of hedgerows, and how knowledge of the plants within them can shape ...

Explore the Gardens through the eyes of Royals. Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719–1772) and her son King George III (1738–1820) employed the architect William Chambers (1723–1796) to modify and add to ...

Other common names: Wollemie vznešená (Czech), wolemie vznešená (Czech), wollemia (Danish), wollemia (English), Australianwollemia (Finnish), arbre de wollemi ...

A spooky Halloween light trail filled with fun for everyone Returning for a third year, Halloween at Kew creeps back into the enchanting Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for 2026. As dusk falls, the Gardens ...