The results are published in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the world’s most trusted source of information on ...

A favourite item from the Balls collection which features in the exhibition is his photo album of an expedition to Persia in ...

Join Kew curator-mycologists Issy Miles-Bunch and Rosie Woods in the Fungarium as they introduce you to some of their ...

Are you a roaming dandelion seed, a friendly acorn, a delicious cocoa bean or a fire-loving giant redwood seed? Plants can produce an amazing variety of seeds, all perfectly adapted to their ...

My work includes supporting the curation and development of the Herbarium collections by managing the Herbarium Collections Management Unit (CMU). I monitor the flow of incoming and outgoing ...

Today, 22 September 2025, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, launches The Grow Wild Guide providing an essential resource to help individuals and community groups set up and run successful growing ...

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. In less than a century, we’ve lost more than 97% of our species-rich meadows and grasslands. Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank is saving wild ...

Find opening and closing times for the Gardens, attractions, cafés, restaurants, shops and car park. Opening and closing times are seasonal and vary throughout the year. We may occasionally need to ...

Halloween-themed light trail returns to Kew Gardens, from Friday 17 October to Sunday 2 November Features bewitching illuminated trees, an abandoned fairground, ‘living’ corpses and headless horsemen ...

This event is now sold out. Exclusively for Kew members, make your visit to Kew this autumn even more special with free tickets to screenings of the Zog film at Kew. If you have booked tickets to the ...

Our new Library & Archives display 'Persia Reimagined: From Herbarium to Heritage' takes a new look at our Persian collections. By examining materials from plant collectors such as Edward Balls or ...

Kew’s global seed banking network, the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP), is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. With an estimated 45% of plant species threatened with ...