A community growing project is about people. To find volunteers, community centres and local volunteer hubs are excellent ...

A sensory garden is all about stimulating and engaging the five basic senses of sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. This type of garden not only allows you to connect to nature, but encourages you ...

Thursday 20 March: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is proud to announce the 17 th recipient of the Kew International Medal is Dr Cécile Ndjebet, Cameroonian environmental activist and social forester.

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 ...

Since Kew Gardens was first established nearly two hundred years ago, trees have been a key part of the landscape. Around 11,000 of them call the Gardens home, ranging from young saplings to Kew’s Old ...

We look at the complex story behind one of the most infamous plants, and the science leading us to better understand it For thousands of years, Indigenous communities of South America have used the ...

What do you think of when you think of a meadow? Probably an open field, full of grass and flowers gently blowing in the breeze. But there’s so much more than just their beauty. Meadows of all types ...

Kew scientists pick their highlights from 74 plants and 15 fungi named with partners in 2023 Spotlight on rare and threatened species that require immediate protection Highlights include three new ...

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 ...

Discover the stories behind why these four iconic plants were adopted as symbols of resilience and resistance by the LGBTQ+ community. We value plants for a number of reasons; their scientific ...

RBG Kew’s fifth State of the World’s report, published today, lays out the current condition of the world’s plants and fungi globally. Based on the work of 200 international researchers and covering ...

Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 has arrived, shedding light on our current understanding of plants and fungi, and what we need to find out in order to protect them. Kew’s fifth State ...