In the early 1900s, Walter Charles Fishlock, a Kew gardener, embarked on a remarkable journey across the Atlantic to the ...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on women working in STEM (Science, ...

In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years. Their knowledge of these plants is encyclopaedic and many Malagasy feed ...

Queen Charlotte’s Cottage was created in 1771 in an area of the Gardens known as ‘the wilderness’. While the folly was used by Queen Charlotte, King George III’s wife, many animals were kept in the ...

Joanne Yeomans explores how Kew has inspired people including royalty throughout its history and introduces a new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art which celebrates this. The ...

Recently-released IUCN Red List assessments for slipper orchids from the temperate Northern Hemisphere show that a shocking 79% of species are threatened with extinction. Mike Fay, Head of Genetics ...

Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives. Among the several million original items in Kew’s Archives is a ...