Since 2019, more than one million illegally harvested succulent plants have been seized by law enforcement authorities in ...

This map prioritises accessibility information and highlights areas of sensory interest. It also includes a zoomed-in map of part of the Gardens, to help you navigate the busiest area.

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

That’s about ten times the number of known mammal species on Earth – and we don’t know what or where they are. This great ...

Plants and fungi are vital to the future of food, clean air and medicine. We're fighting against biodiversity loss to save life on Earth.

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 ...

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 ...

Directors' Correspondence digitiser, Kat Harrington looks at letters to Kew's first official Director, Sir William Jackson Hooker, sent from Brazil. The first is from Maria Graham (in later life, ...

Collect your Glow Wild way-finding lantern to illuminate your path and become a colourful part of the trail. Discover a luminous forest of sculptures blending human and plant forms, embodying hope and ...

Explore a woodland trail of lights and lantern installations at Glow Wild 2024. As darkness falls at Wakehurst, the garden is transformed into an illuminated wonderland, inspired by the hidden world ...