Among the more thrilling highlights are several ‘toothy toadstools’ (tooth fungi), with type specimens collected from near ...

The hard work bears a reward at the end of the day. In the evenings we sat outside our little house and admired the view ...

Make a little pile of greenery on top of your wreath base or coathanger. Tie it on with your floristry wire or twine, pulling it really tight. Then slowly work your way around, overlapping your ...

A stunning gift for any waterlily, flower or Kew Gardens lover. This Tatty Devine Waterlily Necklace from the world-renowned jewellery designer is a unique accessory and exclusive to our shops. It can ...

Kew scientists reveal 172 new plants and fungi described together with partners in 2024 New to science discoveries call attention to the ongoing loss of global biodiversity Highlights include a ‘ghost ...

PhD student Guilherme Castro is using high-resolution remote sensing technology to investigate how different land management practices can help to restore our landscapes. Vast areas of land all around ...

Scientists at Kew have been studying pollen structure for many years, and trying to unravel how and why certain structures have evolved. In this blog, I will focus on how structures in pollen of ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...