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
  • New for 2024
    Event
    A pile of glowing jack-o-lanterns against a dark misty background with cobwebs and bats
    Evenings | Family friendly

    Halloween at Kew

    18 October to 3 November 2024
  • Event
    Visitor riding the Kew Explorer land train
    Tours and talks | Family friendly

    Kew Explorer land train

    Daily from 11am
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    Event
    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
A black couple walking down a pathway through beautiful autumn trees

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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    A woman walks through colourful lanterns which are ready to be picked up by visitors to guide them around the Glow Wild Christmas light trail
    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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    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.

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

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Read & watch

Check back for new stories throughout the week.

    Great Pagoda at Kew
    4 October 2024

    Travel Asia at Kew

    Katie Avis-Riordan, Eddie Johnston
    A view of treetops from below, showing distinct gaps between adjacent tree canopies
    2 October 2024

    The dark matter of botany

    Robin Horton
    A weird fungi called octopus stinkhorn (Clathrus archeri) also known as devil's fingers with five red tentacles covered in thick black fluid.
    2 October 2024

    13 creepy plants and fungi for Halloween

    Grace Brewer, Eddie Johnston
    Fallen yellow autumn leaves at Kew
    1 October 2024

    Best things to do at Kew this autumn

    Ellen McHale, Kate Dickinson, Ellen Reid, Ellie Wilson
    A herbarium orchid specimen gets its barcode scanned by a digitiser
    30 September 2024

    Orchid collection digitised! What interesting orchids have we uncovered?

    Paul Figg
    Child walking in wellies on crispy brown leaves
    30 September 2024

    10 best things to do at Wakehurst this autumn

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