Our future is botanic

Plants and fungi are vital to the future of food, clean air and medicine. We're fighting against biodiversity loss to save life on Earth.

Discover the power of plants
Two young women stand on either side of a giant shiny metal sculpture of an orchid flower, on a lawn in front of a Victorian glasshouse

Visit the world-famous Kew Gardens

Experience our beautiful botanic gardens and the most biodiverse place on Earth.

Visit Kew Gardens
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    Christmas at Kew 2024
    Evenings | Family friendly | Food and drink

    Christmas at Kew

    Selected dates, 13 November 2024 to 5 January 2025
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    Visitor riding the Kew Explorer land train
    Tours and talks | Family friendly

    Kew Explorer land train

    Daily from 11am
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    A large red orchid sculpture sitting in a green garden
    Included with entry | Exhibitions | Accessible

    Marc Quinn: Light into Life

    4 May to 29 September 2024
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    Joe Wicks Festival at Kew
    Family friendly | Wellbeing

    Joe Wicks Festival at Kew

    7 July 2024
Wild flowers stretch into the distance on a sunny day in Wakehurst's Bloomers Valley

Roam wild at Wakehurst

Visit our wild botanic garden, with 500 acres of woodland and the world's largest seed conservation project.

Explore Wakehurst
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    Event
    Deer, stars and moon lanterns with Christmas tree on purply night sky
    Family friendly | Evenings | Food and drink

    Glow Wild

    Selected evenings, 28 November 2024 to 1 January 2025
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    A child runs through a garden at Wakehurst wearing a superhero cap with a lightning bolt on it
    Family friendly | Accessible

    Nature Heroes

    Half terms and school holidays
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    Large canvas with multicoloured plants and wildlife collage
    Included with entry

    Planet Wakehurst

    From 17 May 2023
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    A dog in front of another dog
    Family friendly | Wellbeing

    Dog walks at Wakehurst

    Daily
Botanical Propagation Assistant, Eliana Van Der Schraft, is scarifying seed under a microscope to check the quality and to check for infections.

Discover our science

Find out how our scientists are helping to tackle some of humanity’s biggest global challenges.

Delve into Kew Science

Read & watch

Check back for new stories throughout the week.

    Multiple different fungi growing on a branch
    19 June 2024

    Why we’re collecting fungi and how you can get involved

    Lydia Shellien-Walker
    A large flesh coloured flower with ribs and veins
    18 June 2024

    The OTHER stinky flower putting on a show at Kew

    Brie Langley
    A low to the ground shot of tall grasses growing under a blue sky with a bright white sun
    15 June 2024

    Welcome to Meadowland

    Eddie Johnston
    Fog crests a distant hilltop
    7 June 2024

    Protection for Peru’s precious fog oases

    Ben Evans
    Digitiser holding barcoder to digitise specimen as part of Kew's Digitisation Project
    4 June 2024

    Halfway point reached! 5 million herbarium & fungarium specimens now digitised

    Paul Figg
    Wild flowers stretch into the distance on a sunny day in Wakehurst's Bloomers Valley
    29 May 2024

    Best things to do at Wakehurst this summer

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