As the nights draw in and temperatures begin to fall, it can only mean one thing: Halloween is right around the corner. Lots ...

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 ...

The mysterious Dracula vampira, known as the Vampire Orchid, is one of the most dramatic orchids we’ve digitised. Native to ...

Follow Kew scientists Justin, Carolina and Oli as they adventure with Peruvian scientists, and a team of Brazilian ...

Autumn is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular seasons at Wakehurst, with the gardens ablaze in vibrant reds, burnt oranges, and stunning golds. It’s the season for filling your social feed with ...

James Wearn, leading a project called ‘Kew Gardens at War’, describes how one poppy helped to keep pain away during wartime while another poppy lets us remember and reflect on the pain and sorrow of ...

In an innovative paper published today in the journal Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Huarango Nature and paramotorists from Forest Air, highlight the exciting ...

Renewed efforts to safeguard native trees in the Dominican Republic, as part of the Weston Global Tree Seed Bank: Unlocked programme In the mountains of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola is a cool, ...

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 ...

Acclaimed ceramic artist Felicity Aylieff brings a major solo exhibition of monumental ceramics to Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art this autumn. Aylieff is renowned for her longstanding ...

Find opening and closing times for the Gardens, attractions, cafés, restaurants, shops and car park. Opening and closing times are seasonal and vary throughout the year. We may occasionally need to ...