Lion’s mane grows a spherical cluster of white dangling spines and loosely resembles the mane of the king of the jungle. These fruiting bodies can grow as individual spheres, or a large group of ...

This map prioritises accessibility information and highlights areas of sensory interest. It also includes a zoomed-in map of part of the Gardens, to help you navigate the busiest area.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Director's Correspondence contains letters from several members of the Veitch family, famed for the Veitch & Sons Nurseries, a name synonymous with horticulture for much of the 18th century, when ...

We have a wide variety of cafés and restaurants at Kew Gardens. Look out for seasonal specialties and food foraged from our Gardens. Look out for our reusable cup scheme at Victoria Plaza Café – we’re ...

Plantasia, Kew’s summer festival celebrating the positive effects of plants, is underway. Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most ...

EYFS to KS5 curriculum-linked education sessions, led by a Kew teacher, for school groups, home educators and other educational organisations. Self-led visits for school groups, university groups, ...

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 ...

Currently, I am responsible for seed conservation at the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership in Madagascar. The aim is to establish a protocol of processing and conservation for species collected by SNGF ...

My work centers on developing quantitative methodologies for phytolith studies, such as elemental composition, morphometry, isotopic analysis, to explore human impact on landscapes and the evolution ...