Crop diversity enhances resilience to climate change, pests, and diseases, as well as being of cultural value. However, ...

Truly the highlight of the winter season, the Winter Garden at Wakehurst is a tapestry of scent, colour and sound. Take a ...

Join Charles and Dave as they explore the difference between wild and cultivated roses, dive into their symbolism back to the ...

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 ...

Nature Heroes is a family-friendly way to get the children out of the house and connecting with nature during the school half-term. Whatever the weather, we can guarantee an exciting trail, packed ...

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 ...

Through a combination of surveys, literature reviews and expert consultations, the Conservation Gap Analysis assessed the representation of Nothofagus species in ex-situ (seed bank and living ...

Festival draws inspiration from biodiversity of Peru, where Kew scientists are exploring the future of food, carbon storage and cultural traditions Alpacas, parihuanas (Andean flamingos), and a ...

Orchids are considered ‘the canary in the coal mine’ when it comes to plant extinction, as they are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment. When orchids start to disappear, we know that ...

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 ...

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 ...