One of Ellen’s main tasks at Kew was working on the Africa ‘naming wall’ – an area where unidentified specimens are stored, ...

Discover Kew's spring highlights on this free walking tour. Experience Kew burst into bloom on a spring walking tour with one of our expert guides and see what's looking good on the day of your visit.

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Relax and escape the everyday stresses with spring forest bathing or tune into the harmonies of Wakehurst with a birdsong ...

Under the microscope, any wood shows a number of distinctive characteristics determined by the growth pattern of the tree which produced it. Using light and electron microscopes to examine thin ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

Immerse yourself in nature and take time out for yourself in 2025 with You, at Kew. Enjoy our range of events aimed at improving wellbeing. From an unforgettable yoga experience in the Temperate House ...

Orchids do need special soil. The best soil for an orchid is usually a good grade bark-based compost. Do not add any soil to ...

The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the 19th century. The Directors' Correspondence team really enjoyed the recent ...

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 ...

I have recently completed conservation of a large collection of botanical watercolours that were on a variety of supports including paper, vellum and a very fragile Chinese paper. The Ann Lee ...