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Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection

In 2024 horticulturalists made single biggest introduction of rare seeds to collection in the past decade

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024

London revellers dealt blow as popular Winter Wonderland closes after Storm Bert wreaks havoc on capital

Three of London’s top attractions forced to close as Met Office wind warning persists

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2024

Meet the Artist Taking Blue-and-White China to Vertiginously New Heights at Kew Gardens, Literally

In her new solo show, British ceramics disruptor Felicity Aylieff manifests her larger-than-life vision of craft in a series of awe-inspiring, five-meter-tall vases and other skillful creations. Here, she tells how she's made them

Livingetc · Nov 5, 2024

Botanical fairytale set in Kew Gardens wins the Waterstones children’s book prize

Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson – about a girl who finds a door to a magical realm while searching for her mother – wins the overall and young readers awards

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Cost of London attractions soars well above inflation in 50 years, Which study finds

The Tower of London, Kew Gardens and London Zoo have all soared dramatically in price since 1974

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

Country diary: Caught in a web of late winter branches

Kew Gardens, London: Before these wonderful trees are graced once more with spring leaves, we must appreciate their shadow portraits

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

‘Cultural vandalism’: row as Kew Gardens and Natural History Museum plan to move collections out of London

Scientific specimens and research facilities set to be rehoused in Reading University science park, alongside British Museum archive

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2023

Kew Gardens Christmas lights 2023: Dates and how to get tickets

The festivities have begun in south-west London but tickets for the annual spectacle of light and natural beauty are disappearing fast

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023

London's Christmas lights 2023 and switch-on dates, from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

The capital's best festive lights? This is illuminating stuff, says Mike Daw

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2023

Kew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’

Ahead of the organisation’s report into the state of our flora and fungi, its director of science talks about his work as a biogeographer and how our diet can make a difference

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023