Kew videos - Amazing plants

Watch Kew's famous titan arum flowering, see the world's oldest pot plant get a new home, and find out how plants were the key to solving a mysterious murder case...

Beneath the surface of plants - wood anatomy

Get up close and personal with plant life. Delve beneath the surface and discover the hidden structures of plants in the anatomy laboratory at Kew Gardens.

Flesh-eating plants at Kew Gardens

Flesh-eating plants capable of snacking on mammals and birds... the terrifying and rather smelly world of carnivorous plants at Kew Gardens.

Discover Christmas plants with Kew

Find out more about the plants that are nowadays an essential part of our Christmas - mistletoe, holly, ivy, frankincense, myrrh, and of course the Christmas tree. Discover more about their history and how these festive traditions started.

Giant waterlilies in the Waterlily House at Kew Gardens

Measuring over a metre across, these giant waterlilies (Victoria cruziana) at Kew Gardens are grown from a seed the size of a pea every year.

How does the cacao tree grow?

Join Joseph from the Great Plant Hunt as he finds out how the cacao tree grows with a little help from animals and insects.

Plants in conservation: the man orchid

Professor Mike Fay, head of the Genetics section at the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew, shares one of his main interest areas – the application of genetic data to questions relating to conservation.

Meet the world's oldest pot plant in the Palm House

The huge Jurassic cycad, Encephalartos altensteinii, was one of the first living collections to arrive at Kew Gardens. It was collected by Kew's first plant hunter, Francis Masson, in the 1770s and kick-started a legacy which makes the Gardens what they are today - a living collection of over 30,000 plant species.

Using plants for your health at Kew

What are the plants that in the future might provide us with our food and medicines?

Plants in Crime: the mysterious torso in the Thames case

When the torso of a small boy was found in the Thames, one of the most gruesome crimes in recent British history appeared to offer few clues. Join Dr Hazel Wilkinson, from Kew’s Jodrell Laboratory, as she guides you through the steps of her investigation.