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The best places to see cherry blossom in London: from Kensington to Kew

From the iconic rose garden at Kew to the city’s many parks, these are the best places to see the capital in bloom this spring

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Ghost palms and toothy toadstools among species named by Kew scientists in 2024

New finds of toothy toadstools from the UK, orchids from across Indonesia and climbers from tropical Asia are among the list of more than 170 species.

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

The Human League and Alison Moyet set for Kew The Music 2025

Kew The Music 2025's latest additions include The Human League and Alison Moyet.

BANG Premier · Dec 2, 2024

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Country diary: A fungi foray where even the familiar grows strange

Rowney Warren, Bedfordshire: We count 23 species on our hunt, with specimens as wonderful as their names – amethyst deceiver, yellow stagshorn, beechleaf parachute

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

London's Christmas lights 2025: Switch-on dates and best displays from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

From Kew Gardens to Chelsea, here’s your calendar of the best Christmas lights events for this year

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

Your houseplants could be fuelling organised crime

Traffic researchers found that many plants poached from the wild in South Africa end up for sale online around the world

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

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UK Conservationists And EBay Team Up Against Plant Poaching

UK conservationists on Wednesday announced a collaboration with e-commerce giant eBay to combat the illegal plant trade, which is threatening the existence of some species.

International Business Times · Sep 4, 2024

Half of Kew tree species at risk of death owing to climate crisis, study finds

Botanical gardens lost 400 trees during 2022 drought, prompting research in potential loss in coming decades

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

What links Lady Gaga, Obama and Hitler? How famous people can give new species a bad name

Some scientists want to stop naming new species after public figures, especially as it can threaten an animal’s survival, but others say it can be a helpful conservation tool

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

Titan arum: Kew Garden's smelly 'corpse flower' is in bloom

The plant can grow at a rate of nearly 10cm a day to a height of around 3m

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2024

British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild

Group banned plants ‘removed from habitat’ from its shows – causing uproar from enthusiasts

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade

Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that experts say the giant redwoods now outnumber those in their US homeland

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024

Gardener's notebook: all the best gardening events to check out in London for spring 2024

From sketching bamboo at Somerset House to listening to music to go with the spring blossom at Kew gardens

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

Tree that lives underground among newly named plant species

Volcano-top orchid also named by scientists contending with extinctions caused by the human destruction of nature

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2023

Christmas at Kew: what the royal household of King George III ate for their festive dinner in 1788

Picture the scene: a cosy but grand rural retreat. A long mahogany table is dressed for Christmas with evergreen foliage. Flickering flames in a huge stone fireplace reflect off crystal chandeliers, gold candelabras, and the jewelled tiaras of ladies sitting down to dine. A parade of footmen arrives carrying 21…

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

My daughter’s first real Christmas has become an expensive disaster

Between the sold-out events, the wilted tree and the hazy memories of how carefree her own childhood Christmases used to be, Amanda Whiting’s attempts to give her three-year-old a festive season to remember have rapidly gone down the tubes. Is this just the reality of modern life today, or a…

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 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

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Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Best gifts for gardeners 2024: Top ideas for green-fingered family and friends

Get the green thumb in your life something they will actually use

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

‘Nature embraces queer people’: inside the Kew show about the LGBTQ+ side of plants

Queer Nature celebrates the astonishing diversity of plants – and looks at how they have inspired LGBTQ+ groups. Our writer enters a world of bisexual flowers and asexual trees

Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2023

Southport Labour shortlist to rival Tory seat contains no local candidates

Three names listed but concerns have been raised about a lack of local figures and speed of process

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

New rare palm species found to flower underground

Discovered by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners, scientists have named the new to science species Pinanga subterranea.

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2023

The best things to get up to in London with the kids this Easter

From arts projects and boat races to a big (kids-appropriate) daytime rave, it’s time to get egg-cited, says Martha Alexander

Daily Record · Oct 19, 2022

Dunscore author's modern day witch story chosen as Waterstones' book of the month

Sally Hinchliffe was inspired to write Hare House by Dumfries and Galloway's history of witch trials

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

With ever hotter UK summers it’s time to rethink the future of grass

This summer saw vast tracts of parks and lawns scorched by drought in the UK, but more watering is not a sustainable solution. Patrick Barkham asks what the future holds for grass

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