Botanical art is a vital part of studying plants and fungi. It’s how scientists can highlight the key differences between species and helps them to understand how they are related to each other.

For centuries, Kew has been a sanctuary of biodiversity, a hub of botanical research, and a guardian of our planet's natural ...

The Asian Heath Garden is full of fascinating trees and shrubs from China, Japan and Korea. Our evolving collection includes ...

Head of Landscapes and Horticulture at Wakehurst, Iain Parkinson, travelled to Armenia. There, he met local botanists, who ...

The secrets of the soil hold to the key to ecosystem restoration in the Caribbean. Can we unlock them from the Kew Quarantine House? On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their 10 favourite species named as new to science in the past 12 months. It's been another busy year here at Kew, with our scientists and their ...

As the biodiversity COP16 unfolds in Colombia, a hot discussion is taking place on the fair use of ‘digital sequence information’ – but what is it really? Easy access to DNA is one of the 21st century ...

Did you know that there could be over 60,000 species of plant not yet known to science? That’s about ten times the number of known mammal species on Earth – and we don’t know what or where they are.

Since Kew Gardens was first established nearly two hundred years ago, trees have been a key part of the landscape. Around 11,000 of them call the Gardens home, ranging from young saplings to Kew’s Old ...

Many see them as dried, perhaps useless plant specimens of little purpose - but did you know that our specimens are actively being used to combat climate change? Nestled within the vaults of botanical ...

DNA of over 9,500 flowering plants sequenced to produce massive genomic tree of life ‘Like a periodic table for flowering plants’ - tree maps how plants are related DNA sequenced from living & ...

Explore the captivating world of Madagascar's orchids, from Darwin's iconic species to vital conservation efforts as we unveil the science and beauty behind these unique and vulnerable plants. Orchids ...