Visit the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst to learn more about seed conservation and use. There is a parterre in front of ...

Wollemi pines (Wollemia nobilis) were thought to be extinct for two million years. But in 1994 a group of researchers were exploring the canyons of Wollemi in the Australian Blue Mountains, where they ...

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 ...

Kew’s Digitisation Project is prompting fresh study of Charles Darwin’s plant collections from his famous trip aboard HMS Beagle. Nearly two centuries after the 22-year-old Charles Darwin set off on ...

If you’ve seen Netflix’s blockbuster period drama Bridgerton and its spinoff Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, you may be wondering how much of its sweeping romance is based on reality. Kew Palace, ...

Kew's Archives hold vast collections on our history as a global centre of plant information and renowned botanical garden. Eryl Smith was born Eryl Glynne in Glyndyl, North Wales, around 1893. Smith ...

Plants and fungi have been used by humans from earliest times. From food, to clothing, weapons and materials, our collection has over 100,000 objects representing how life depends on plants all around ...

More than 800 remarkable paintings cover the walls of the Marianne North Gallery. A vivid collection of 19th century botanical art, the gallery is a treat for both art lovers and adventurous minds. As ...

This unique collection of botanical art celebrates the beauty of nature in exquisite scientific detail – from an age before photography until the present day. The gallery captures the endless variety ...

Contains accepted names and over 1,020,000 synonyms for more than 343,000 plant species. It is the most comprehensive and actively curated dataset on plant taxonomy, created in collaboration with ...

Opening times will vary during October: please see the Planned Closures page for more information. The Temperate House will be partially closed from 3 to 7 November 2025. Travel the world in this ...

Manuscripts, letters, diaries, research papers, collecting notebooks, photograph albums and many other types of material held in the Archive Collection. The IMI database contains around 400 000 ...