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  • Two young women stand on either side of a giant shiny metal sculpture of an orchid flower, on a lawn in front of a Victorian glasshouse
    4 September 2024

    In pictures - Marc Quinn: Light into Life

    Ellie Wilson
  • Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in bloom with massive inner flower spike surrounded by a deep burgundy petal-like collar
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    19 August 2024

    Titan arum: The secrets behind Kew's smelliest plant

    Eddie Johnston
  • Purple flower spikes growing in a meadow
    13 August 2024

    In pictures: the celestial meadows of Armenia

    Lydia Shellien-Walker
  • Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)
    8 August 2024

    Causing a stink! Kew’s smelliest plants

    Eddie Johnston
  • A woman and two children walk down a path surrounded by tall Wollemi Pines
    5 August 2024

    Wonderful Wollemi: the curious conifers

    Jessica Hayne
  • White drops of latex coming from a round green opium poppy seed pod
    1 August 2024

    Five medicinal plants that changed the game

    Eddie Johnston
  • A girl with red curly hair and a toddler boy walking through green shady woodlands
    29 July 2024

    Enjoy a family day out in nature at Wakehurst this summer

    Lydia Shellien-Walker, Ellie Wilson
  • Japanese maple at Kew
    23 July 2024

    Top ten bonsai care tips - from a Kew Gardens expert

    Ellie Wilson
  • A pair of large green acorns surrounded by oak leaves
    22 July 2024

    Planting for the future: How Kew is protecting its plants to 2090

    Eddie Johnston
  • Coca leaf morphology images with a statue showing coca use by ancient humans
    10 July 2024

    Coca – much more than a drug source

    Ben Evans, Emma Cooper
  • Herbarium specimens from the 1800s
    8 July 2024

    The Damselfly and the Fire Bell – Tales from the Kew herbarium

    Chiara Seed, Runfei Ma
  • Three women stand infront of an enset plant
    5 July 2024

    Preserving Ethiopia's biodiversity: A success story in enset conservation

    Sophie Jago