In March 2025, Inna Birchenko, Jan Sala and Sebastian Kettley departed on a seed collecting trip as part of the Weston Global ...

For the human planting approach, our data suggests that the seeds we collect for tree planting are from too few parent trees.

A breaking botanical discovery has come to light, as the famous giant waterlily genus Victoria welcomes a new species. Victoria boliviana, has been sitting in Kew’s Herbarium for 177 years, previously ...

5 standout trees at Kew From the pollution-busting London plane, to one of our oldest residents, the black walnut, Richard Deverell, Director of Kew, takes us on a tour of his personal favourites.

The makings of a meadow Today, a meadow is often used to describe any largely unmanaged natural area with a proliferation of grasses and flowers. More traditionally though, it refers to a field that ...

7 interesting things about moss Often overlooked, this miniature plant has more to it than meets the eye.

Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 has arrived, shedding light on our current understanding of plants and fungi, and what we need to find out in order to protect them. Kew’s fifth State ...

22 ways to build biodiversity Celebrate biodiversity in all its form this International Day for Biological Diversity by discovering how you can help protect our most precious natural resource.

Critically endangered Using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List (IUCN Red List) criteria, A. longicalcar was assessed as Critically Endangered. The species was at ...

How we grow giant waterlilies at Kew Scott Taylor, Conservatories Manager at Kew, tells us how giant waterlilies are grown from scratch.

A rude awakening: the risks of climate change for sleeping seeds What happens when seed dormancy meets climate change – and why it matters for our forests.