A glorious week-long festival of summer concerts set within the stunning grounds of Kew Gardens. Recognised as one of the UK’s most stunning summer concert venues, the event attracts music lovers of ...

Global species assessments, in which every extant species in a taxonomic group is systematically assessed, have been conducted only for very few plant groups such as cycads, conifers, mangroves and ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

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 ...

I have recently completed conservation of a large collection of botanical watercolours that were on a variety of supports including paper, vellum and a very fragile Chinese paper. The Ann Lee ...

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 ...

Letter and plans from Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive give a glimpse into the humble beginnings of one of botany's most revered institutions - Missouri Botanical Garden - and its founder Henry ...

The Director's Correspondence contains letters from several members of the Veitch family, famed for the Veitch & Sons Nurseries, a name synonymous with horticulture for much of the 18th century, when ...

Recently-released IUCN Red List assessments for slipper orchids from the temperate Northern Hemisphere show that a shocking 79% of species are threatened with extinction. Mike Fay, Head of Genetics ...

Don’t be a Twit! This Easter holidays, get ready for a truly rotten visit to Wakehurst as Roald Dahl’s iconic story The Twits is brought to life with an activity trail through our stunning spring ...

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years.

Explore botanical illustrations of Peru's orchids by award-winning artist Oliver Q. Whaley. Oliver is a naturalist, environmental scientist and illustrator, specialising in plant conservation. He has ...