Meet orchid scientist Oscar Perez-Escobar who has travelled all over the world to help protect rare orchids. And Bala Kompalli, Kew’s expert orchid horticulturalist who knows the best tips and tricks ...

Take a walk through a forest, a field or a park during the autumn and you’ll almost definitely spot them. Clusters of toadstools popping up out of the ground, growing in rings on the grass or even out ...

Enjoy an enchanting evening concert in the stunning setting of the Nash Conservatory, Kew’s oldest glasshouse. Surrounded by candlelight, The London Session Quartet will perform a beautiful selection ...

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 ...

Joanne Yeomans explores how Kew has inspired people including royalty throughout its history and introduces a new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art which celebrates this. The ...

In this new three-day course, botanical artist Lucy Smith will teach you expert watercolour techniques. For those with some prior knowledge of basic botanical watercolour techniques, we will once ...

To visit Orchids, you’ll need both a ticket to Kew and an Orchids time slot, which you can book online at the same time.

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 ...

Our ancient Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest and most extraordinary trees in our Gardens. Commonly known as the maidenhair tree, it was planted here at Kew centuries ago in 1762, only three years ...

On the roofs above our heads, on garden walls, and in cracks in the pavement; mosses are growing all around us. Often overlooked, these tiny plants have incredible properties. From hot deserts to damp ...

Orchids are an incredible evolutionary success story in the plant world. They are found on every continent on the planet, in almost every habitat, and even found north of the Arctic Circle. In fact, ...