With the arrival of the garimpeiros in the 1980s, and learning the dangerous route up the Uraricoera River, aluminium boats ...

May 2026 marks the 100 th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, an icon in the world of biology and wildlife. Starting his ...

While exploring some of the 7.3 million dried plant specimens for Kew’s Digitisation Project that are being made freely ...

Now, they’re being transformed into sustainable handcrafted wooden homeware so you can take a piece of Kew home with you and ...

First domesticated from its wild ancestor over 5,000 years ago by Native American peoples, the sunflower is both a beautiful garden plant and a crucial food crop. Colonialists brought the plant to ...

From this spring, discover towering sculptures and smaller-scale artworks by Henry Moore, one of Britain’s most renowned artists, in what is the largest ever presentation of outdoor artworks by Moore.

Other common names: ياسمين شائع, ياسمين شامي, ياسمين صيفي (Arabic), jasmín pravý (Czech), jasmin officinal (French), Ίασμος ο φαρμακευτικός, Κοινό Γιασεμί (Greek), gelsomino commune (Italian ...

Learn how to capture stunning photos of plants at home, whether in your garden, on your balcony or even windowsill. Freedom to travel and access to nature may be limited at the moment, but that ...

If you can't get to the gardens, let us bring the gardens to you. Travel to the tropics, the desert and the mountains without leaving the house with our seasonal footage and a sneak peek at our ...

A collaborative programme between the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, helping to ensure the long-term survival of South Africa’s plant ...

Plant hunters frequently travelled across the world to discover new plants for science. Discover some of their adventures here with stories from Kew's Archives. The Archives team at Kew has been ...

Gerhard Prenner, researcher in plant morphology and anatomy, presents his recent studies on Abrus precatorius, a "deadly beauty" with fascinating flowers and inflorescences. The genus Abrus consists ...