An unforgettable yoga experience with live acoustic music at Kew Gardens Set within the iconic Temperate House, our sunrise and sunset yoga sessions offer a rare opportunity to practise wellbeing and ...

Explore the history of Kew through its buildings and sculptures. Discover Kew’s Georgian roots in the follies and royal buildings, explore the changing styles of glasshouse architecture from the ...

Other common names: Skoonma-se-tong (Afrikaans), sansevièria (Catalan), 金邊虎尾蘭 (Chinese), tenura trojžilná (Czech), bajonetplante (Danish), Sansevieria ...

Joseph Hooker's first major botanical expedition was on HMS Erebus as part of Captain James Clark Ross' Antarctica expedition (1839-1843). During his life time, Joseph Hooker travelled extensively.

RBG Kew currently employs over 1,400 staff across our teams, including RBG Kew Enterprises, our commercial subsidiary. Our experts include around 530 scientists, 65 based in Madagascar, and nearly 200 ...

Framed by rising sandstone peaks and cascading waterfalls, the Rock Garden mimics life in the world’s mountainous regions. Originally constructed in 1882, the Rock Garden is over an acre in size ...

Rising from the ashes after fires, the fire lily creates vibrant red and pink displays across the Cape Fold Mountains of South Africa. Fire lilies form part of the fynbos, a biodiverse belt of ...

Explore the Gardens through the eyes of Royals. Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719–1772) and her son King George III (1738–1820) employed the architect William Chambers (1723–1796) to modify and add to ...

One of the most respected scientists of his day and one of the most important botanists of the 19th century. The second son of William Jackson Hooker and Maria Hooker, nèe Turner, Joseph Dalton Hooker ...

Standing solemnly in the gardens at Kew is the Temple of Arethusa. Originally constructed as a folly for the pleasure of Princess Augusta in 1758 by the architect William Chambers, by 1921 it (like ...

Other common names: Špirlice nachová (Czech), trompetblad (Danish), common pitcher plant (English), huntsman's cap (English), northern pitcher plant (English), purple pitcherplant (English), rote ...

In a seismic shift since Kew’s inaugural State of the World’s report ten years ago, the sixth State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report, published 16 June 2026, brings together expertise from over ...