Scientists have found that a giant waterlily among the collection at Kew’s Botanic Gardens for 177 years is a new species, and “one of the botanical wonders of the world”. The giant waterlily from the ...

Kew invited the artists, the Singh Twins, to explore Kew’s archives and plants, and track the links to colonisation ...

An exhibition of colonial botanical art at London's Kew Gardens gives Indian artists their due ...

KEW Gardens is one of the most important botanical gardens in the world, with over 50,000 living plants. The London attraction, which is home to the world’s largest living plant collection at a single ...

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home to towering redwoods and giant Amazonian water lilies capable of holding up a small child. Each spring, its ...

Tropical specimens won’t last long in Britain’s climate – but getting them out of a Victorian sanctuary is the first step in ...

MY FIRST trip to London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was spectacular. I set out on an unusually mild February day to visit this year’s annual orchid festival, which was celebrating the 4000-plus ...

WHEN the late Sir J. J. Trevor Lawrence, Bart., died, an announcement was made that his well-known orchid collection at Burford I had been bequeathed to Lady Lawrence with an expression of his wish ...

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, Research Fellow at Kew and his Peruvian and Ecuadorian colleagues, including ...

We also explain everything from how to get there to how much it costs KEW Gardens is one of the most important botanical gardens in the world, with over 50,000 living plants. The London attraction, ...