Join Iain Parkinson, Wakehurst’s Head of Landscape & Horticulture as he reflects on the beauty and importance of meadows.

Orchid seeds are spread by the wind, which is why they're so tiny. Varying when each seed germinates protects the population ...

Join Kew botanical horticulturist Vicki Thompson to discover where snowdrops originally come from, exactly who distributes ...

Technology like LiDAR isn’t just used for scientific research though: it’s also the magic behind some incredible art. Of the ...

Botanical art is a vital part of studying plants and fungi. It’s how scientists can highlight the key differences between species and helps them to understand how they are related to each other. But ...

Today, we are excited to announce the official launch of our new, highly anticipated online Data Portal: a digital treasure trove that will house all 7.5 million of our prestigious herbarium and ...

Wakehurst in Sussex has announced ‘The Buzz About Trees’, an innovative new study that harnesses cutting-edge bioacoustics technology to monitor bee abundance. With wild bee populations in decline, ...

We’ve hit an exciting new milestone on our multimillion-pound Digitisation Project having imaged our entire Fungarium collection, helping make it accessible to everyone around the world, for free via ...

Madagascar’s Itremo Massif rises from the island's Central Highlands, where dramatic rocky outcrops and rolling grasslands give way to tapia woodlands and lush gallery forests. These diverse habitats ...

1) Ghost palm of Borneo published after 90 years – Plectocomiopsis hantu It can take several years to describe a new species, and this first example is no exception. Although known to the local ...

AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND FASTER WAY TO COLLECT PLANTS The scientists were keen to see how paramotoring would compare to the ground team’s work across a typical range of plant survey activities. Their ...

Planning and planting The team at Kew have been monitoring changes to the climate to understand how it will affect our trees. Using data gathered from across West London, including the Gardens’ own ...