Experience a world of winter magic in Kew Gardens as our acclaimed light trail, Christmas at Kew, returns this festive season. From November to early January, discover 3km of enchanting illuminations, ...

Interested in trying your hand at botanical drawing but unsure where to start? Our three-day course for beginners will teach you the basics in the beautiful setting of Kew Gardens. Pen and ink ...

On December 24, the last entry at Brentford Gate and Elizabeth Gate is 6.20pm, and the last entry at Victoria Gate at 7pm (these are new timings for 2024). Tickets for Christmas at Kew do not include ...

Christmas at Kew runs from Wednesday 13 November 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025, with the exception of the following dates: We offer all disabled customers an additional free ticket for a carer to ...

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 7 ...

The rest of the dates are Peak. We offer all disabled customers an additional free ticket for a carer to accompany them to this event, if required. Essential companion tickets are provided with the ...

Find opening and closing times for the Gardens, attractions, cafés, restaurants, shops and car park. Opening and closing times are seasonal and vary throughout the year. We may occasionally need to ...

Join Alex, Rosie and Issy, Kew’s Curator Mycologists, as they explore the Fungarium, possibly the biggest collection of fungi specimens in the world. Meet weird and wonderful specimens, like the ...

The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the 19th century. The Directors' Correspondence team really enjoyed the recent ...

Directors' Correspondence digitiser, Kat Harrington looks at letters to Kew's first official Director, Sir William Jackson Hooker, sent from Brazil. The first is from Maria Graham (in later life, ...

I have recently completed conservation of a large collection of botanical watercolours that were on a variety of supports including paper, vellum and a very fragile Chinese paper. The Ann Lee ...

Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP) is the largest wild plant conservation programme in the world. Now in its 15th year, the MSBP covers 84 countries and more than 200 organisations. As ...