Travel the world in this truly impressive cathedral of plants – home to 1,200 species from Asia, Australasia, the Americas, and Africa. Following a major five-year renovation process, the Grade 1 ...

A glorious week-long festival of summer concerts set within the stunning grounds of Kew Gardens. Proving to be a hit for all generations of music lovers, Kew The Music is the perfect evening out for ...

Become a Kew member today to enjoy unlimited visits to Kew Gardens and Wakehurst. You and your loved ones will discover all our extraordinary gardens have to offer, all year round, while supporting ...

Experience the best of wine and nature with an exclusive summer after hours walk, accompanied by our Kew Series wine courtesy of Laithwaites. Your evening begins with a glass of sparkling Blanc de ...

The hard work bears a reward at the end of the day. In the evenings we sat outside our little house and admired the view ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open today Open today: 10:00 am - 3:15 pm (last entry 2:30 pm) ...

Jaume Pellicer and colleagues from Kew's Jodrell Laboratory describe the immense variation in the amount of DNA in flowering plants and why, when it comes to genomes, size really does matter. The ...