A woman looks at magnolia trees at Kew Gardens, south-west London (Steve Parsons/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)We want Kew to be for everyone. In 2021 the Royal Botanic Gardens published its strategy for the next decade, Our Manifesto for Change. It has five priorities to help us fulfil Kew’s mission: to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the benefit of all life on Earth. One of our priorities is to “extend our reach”.
This means ensuring our knowledge and our collections are valued by more people and that we increase the number and diversity of visitors to our two sites, Kew Gardens in London and our wild botanic garden, Wakehurst in Sussex. Whether it’s inspiring a young visitor who experiences Kew’s botanical wonders for the first time or providing online access to our collections to a scientist anywhere in the world, we want Kew to be accessible to everyone.
