Join Iain Parkinson, Wakehurst’s Head of Landscape & Horticulture as he reflects on the beauty and importance of meadows.

Scientists at RBG Kew and Queen Mary University of London have found evidence that young ash tree populations are evolving ...

Orchid seeds are spread by the wind, which is why they're so tiny. Varying when each seed germinates protects the population ...

We often think of insects buzzing around our flower beds or meadows, but pollen and nectar also come from trees, which only have a tiny footprint in our landscapes. Whether insect-pollinated or ...

If you can't get to the gardens, let us bring the gardens to you. Travel to the tropics, the desert and the mountains without leaving the house with our seasonal footage and a sneak peek at our ...

Technology like LiDAR isn’t just used for scientific research though: it’s also the magic behind some incredible art. Of the ...

Join Kew botanical horticulturist Vicki Thompson to discover where snowdrops originally come from, exactly who distributes ...

1) Ghost palm of Borneo published after 90 years – Plectocomiopsis hantu It can take several years to describe a new species, and this first example is no exception. Although known to the local ...

Sir John Herschel: The inventor of cyanotypes Sir John Herschel began by experimenting with sun prints (or photograms). These were one of the earliest forms of photography and involved laying an ...

7. Whisper to the trees Redwoods live on average between 800 to 1,500 years, connecting us to the distant past and far future. You can spot these giants in Kew's Redwood Grove and Wakehurst's ...

Case in point Example 1: Tied together - Climate changes, flowering times shift Research by Calinger et al., gives us a perfect example of the kind of insights herbarium specimens can provide us in ...

What is access and benefit sharing? One of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is that any innovation from research based on something taken from the natural world ...