Go behind the scenes with Kew blogs

Itinerary tips for a summer visit to Kew Gardens

If you’re planning a summer group trip, don’t miss out on Kew's main highlights or the hidden delights.

Spanish Wildflowers In Spring

Celebrating David Livingstone's Bicentenary

To celebrate the bicentenary of African explorer David Livingstone, the Archives team reveal his connection to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and how you can see more of his letters online.

15 minutes of fame - bonsai in the spotlight

Last year Liam, Tom and Lee from “The Journal of Wild Culture” came to visit Kew Gardens to photograph the bonsai collection for an article in their debut issue. Now the issue has been published and we can all enjoy the results.

Your iPad as a window on Kew

Our spring issue of Kew magazine is out now, and it’s not on its own due to the magazine going all appy on iTunes.

Monstrous deliciousness and devilish fruit - Kew's edible aroids

Not many people have heard of edible aroids yet they are among the oldest cultivated crops in the world. Tropical Nursery horticulturalist Louisa Hall introduces some of these exotic species.

Discovering David Douglas through the Directors' Correspondence

Read extracts from the letters of David Douglas in the Directors' Correspondence, and learn more about this remarkable plant-hunter and explorer.

A short guide to bonsai compost

Richard’s short guide to the different types of soil that are used to pot up the bonsai trees here at Kew

Working together to cultivate and protect Ascension's unique plants

Ascension Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is home to seven surviving unique plants, many of them threatened with extinction in the wild. Marcella Corcoran reports on a horticultural training workshop for conservationists on the island.

And the winner is...

After three long months of judging the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, the dust is settling and the results are in! Philip Smith considers whether the winning images are 'stunning' - or altogether more interesting than that...