There isn’t currently an agreed definition of DSI. It’s just a placeholder for any digital information that comes from ...

Possibly the oldest farmed fruit in the world, grape vines (Vitis vinifera) have been a vital crop for thousands of years. Not only are they used to produce countless flavours of wine the world over, ...

Other common names: rooiwingerdstok (Afrikaans), كرمة نبيذية (Arabic), buzuu (Bunun), vinya (Catalan), 葡萄 (Chinese), réva vinná (Czech), almindelig ...

Acclaimed ceramic artist Felicity Aylieff brings a major solo exhibition of monumental ceramics to Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art this autumn. Aylieff is renowned for her longstanding ...

Ten young people aged 16-19 from across Britain are on a once in a lifetime expedition to the Galapagos. It is part of an initiative led by two Champions of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Dwayne ...

Discover a brand-new, after dark Halloween trail full of hidden surprises. This spooky season, Kew Gardens will transform into a spooktacular adventure, brought to you by the producers of Christmas at ...

James Wearn, leading a project called ‘Kew Gardens at War’, describes how one poppy helped to keep pain away during wartime while another poppy lets us remember and reflect on the pain and sorrow of ...

Plants and fungi are vital to the future of food, clean air and medicine. We're fighting against biodiversity loss to save life on Earth.

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 Temperate House will be partially closed between ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

World Forest ID was created in 2017 by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the World Resources Institute, the United States Forestry Service, Agroisolab and the Forest Stewardship Council, bringing ...