Flamboyant flora has taken over Kew Gardens for its annual orchid display. Described as "a breath-taking cornucopia", the ...

Gwil arrived at Kew in October 1974, not as a trained taxonomist but as a keen gardener, with a degree in botany and fresh ...

Kew Gardens is London's largest UNESCO World ... Kew also grows over 30,000 different kinds of plants from tropical, temperate, arid and alpine climates, many of which have a high conservation ...

New finds of toothy toadstools from the UK, orchids from across Indonesia and climbers from tropical Asia are ... the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew’s wild botanic garden Wakehurst in Sussex.

ORCHIDS get a bad press. The absolute divas of the gardening world – they’re all showy and stunning, until they don’t get ...

Created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and presented by Kew’s Director of Science, Professor Kathy Willis, Plants: From Roots To Riches features unprecedented access to the ...

WHEREVER you are in the country it’s pretty grim right now. Chances are you’re either freezing cold, soaking wet or both – and are dreaming of a tropical paradise already. But did you ...

Think of Kew Gardens and most people will bring to mind its sculpted parks, and perhaps the large, heated greenhouses with their tropical flora ... has over 8.5 million plant and fungal specimens.