MY FIRST trip to London’s Royal Botanic Gardens ... where the cause of death – a poisonous plant called aconite, or wolfsbane – was confirmed by Kew scientists. Wong’s rapport with ...

On a gorgeous Sunday morning, I arrived at Kew Gardens for opening ... and see what unique tropical plants were growing. The Palm House was the first greenhouse built on this scale.

Kew Gardens, home to over 35,000 species of plants, has re-opened the Temperate House after a five-year restoration project. The world’s largest Victorian greenhouse was modernised after ...

The first ever Kew Gardens' Lates offer an insight into the world of plants — aided along by a gin or two. The after-hours, adults-only events begin this week, offering Londoners a refuge from ...

If parks are a city’s lungs, then Kew is London’s soul. The Royal Botanic Gardens ... plant, in bloom Credit: Tobias Harvey This last point – the sudden ingress of light into a greenhouse ...

Species are coaxed into flower, often over decades, to fill Kew Gardens’ public greenhouses. One of the rarest plants is the world’s tiniest waterlily, nymphaea thermarum, which has pads just ...

Faye Adams, alpine and rock garden supervisor, explains that although Kew Gardens does not have ... As a result of the soaring temperatures the greenhouses are much hotter than usual.

From an underground "forest" to spectacular orchids, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, discovered 74 new plants and 15 fungi last year. Many of the mysterious species were found in ...