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 ...

Known in Mexico as ‘the flower of the dead’, the Mexican marigold plays a key role in the annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. The blooms are used to decorate altars to the dead, ...

Letter and plans from Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive give a glimpse into the humble beginnings of one of botany's most revered institutions - Missouri Botanical Garden - and its founder Henry ...

Discover the world of science behind our botanical collections, with over 50,000 living plants to be found across our UNESCO World Heritage site. The Great Pagoda will be closed from 6 to 10 July 2026 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henry Moore's biggest ever outdoor exhibition comes to Kew Gardens from 9 May. Monumental Nature connects people to nature like never before.

Other common names: Posidònia (Catalan), 海神草 (Chinese), posidonie mořská (Czech), neptunusgras (Dutch), seagrass (English), posidonie de méditerranée ...