More than twice the size of the Palm House, the Temperate House covers 4,880 square metres, has a staggering 15,000 panes of glass and is 19 metres high at its tallest point. The Grade I listed ...

Within our vast collection of 11,000 trees, made up of more than 2,000 different species, lives an oak tree with a mammoth record. Meet our majestic chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia). It is ...

Nestled in the middle of Central America, Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Around half a million species are known to live there, which is equal to about 5% of the ...

A plant giant has been named new to science at Kew after spending 177 years hidden under the surface of our collections. A breaking botanical discovery has come to light, as the famous giant waterlily ...

Do you enjoy a nice gin and tonic or know someone who does? While most people think of gin as the cocktail’s key component, we think it's time for tonic to come to the forefront. Behind the diminutive ...

Other common names: 鸡纳树 (Chinese Simplified), 紅雞納樹 (Chinese Traditional), rode kinaboom (Dutch), fever tree, red cinchona, quina (English), roter ...

It’s been another excellent year! In 2023, 74 plants and 15 fungi were named by botanists and mycologists here at Kew and at our partner organisations around the globe. We've seen everything from ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their favourite species named as new to science in another big year for nature. In the past 12 months, our taxonomists and our collaborators around ...

With the two episodes available today, Kew's new Unearthed: The need for seeds podcast celebrates 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) at Wakehurst, the most significant wild seed bank in the ...

If plant life stops, all life stops. But at Kew, we're not going to let that happen. We've only just scratched the surface of what plants and fungi can do. Now it's time to protect them and fight ...

To celebrate the Mansion reopening its doors, here are ten things you might not know about our Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion. Welcome back to the Mansion, now reopened for visitors. In Summer ...

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is a popular Japanese wellbeing practice of relaxing under the canopy of trees. Escape the hustle and bustle of London and join our expert guides from the Forest ...