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
The Palm House at sunset

Visit the world-famous Kew Gardens

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

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

    Christmas at Kew

    Selected dates, 13 November 2024 to 5 January 2025
  • Event
    Included with entry

    Rare and Extinct

    19 October 2024 to March 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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    Two monumental porcelain pots glazed in blue and white patterns.
    Included with entry | Exhibitions | Family friendly

    Expressions in Blue

    26 October 2024 to 23 March 2025
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
  • Event
    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
  • Event
    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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    Runners on a path past a field of yellow flowers
    Wellbeing

    Parkrun at Wakehurst

    Weekly
  • Event
    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.

    A petri dish with seeds in different stages of germination, some have been removed with a pair of tweezers
    28 November 2024

    A rude awakening: the risks of climate change for sleeping seeds

    Dr Roberta Dayrell, Robin Horton, Lee Oliver, Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Dr Efisio Mattana, Ted Chapman, Dr Charlotte Seal, Elena Fouce Hernandez
    Selection of books in tiled patterns against a teal and cream backgrounf
    27 November 2024

    12 books for your festive reading list

    Katherine Young, Ellen Reid
    Lots of seedlings with seeds still perched atop them. The leaves are thin and needle-like
    25 November 2024

    Quiz: Can you identify the forests of the future, one seedling at a time?

    Pablo Gómez Barreiro
    19 November 2024

    How do herbarium specimens help save plants from extinction?

    Paul Figg, Dr Juan Viruel
    The Palm House at Kew Gardens lit up with fountains and red and orange lights, with christmas trees projected through a giant circle
    18 November 2024

    Plan the perfect evening at Christmas at Kew

    Katherine Young
    Researcher looking in green boxes
    Play
    12 November 2024

    The Fungarium: Biggest collection of fungi in the world?

    Eddie Johnston
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