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Wakehurst’s sell-out summer event is back. Embark on a performance journey through our wild landscape at Wanderwild – Wakehurst's botanical garden event of live music, acrobatic performers, and ...
A native of the Sumatran rainforest, the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanium) is known in Indonesia as the ‘corpse flower’, ...
One of the world’s most widely cultivated edible mushrooms, Lentinula edodes - or shiitake - has a lesser-known British ...
Only 30 mins from Central London. Our four gates can be accessed by rail, bus or river. Parking is limited. We have a few dos and don'ts in place to keep everyone happy. Please also check our planned ...
We are on the B2028, south of Turners Hill and north of Ardingly. From London, take the M25 then M23, leave at Junction 10, turn left onto the A264 On the A264 go straight over first two roundabouts, ...
Scientists digitising Kew’s vast Fungarium collections highlight a treasure trove of preserved specimens More than 1 million fungi tucked away in Kew Gardens support vital scientific research Unique ...
William Milliken, Head of Kew's Tropical America team, examines the importance of Kew's collection of over seven million herbarium specimens, and how this resource is being used to tackle the global ...
Global species assessments, in which every extant species in a taxonomic group is systematically assessed, have been conducted only for very few plant groups such as cycads, conifers, mangroves and ...
We have a wide variety of cafés and restaurants at Kew Gardens. Look out for seasonal specialties and food foraged from our Gardens. All our cafés and restaurants source seasonal and local produce. We ...
I am the research leader for Spatial Analysis within the Informatics and Spatial Analysis Science directorate. My role is to lead spatial analysis at Kew, which covers both GIS (Geographic Information ...
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