Summer at Kew

Summer at Kew Gardens 2010

Summer Festival 2010 at Kew Gardens - Pollination: A living love story

Summer at Kew Gardens

Explore the hidden world of plant pollination and witness a living love story this summer at Kew Gardens. Our festival is packed full of exciting things to see and do with all the family, see below what we have on offer so you don’t miss out!

Butterflies in Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory

Butterflies, Bugs & Beasties

The Princess of Wales Conservatory will be transformed into Butterflies, Bugs & Beasties. Be surrounded by tropical orchids and lush ferns whilst walking through a flutter of live colourful butterflies!

Come face-to-face with gigantic sculptures of insects, birds and bats which will help narrate the fascinating stories of how they pollinate.

Latest video: watch how the atlas moths are reared at Kew Gardens

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PLANTastic Play

PLANTastic Play

Discover our new children's outdoor play area, shaped like a plant. Journey through this interactive landscape where kids can learn about the importance of every part of a plant.

Tunnel through giant roots, get lost in a leafy maze and hide amongst the large fungi whilst solving puzzles along the way!

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Get involved - things to do at home

Garden birdboxes and compost bin

Get inspired by our Summer Festival - watch our butterfly video or create your own origami bugs & beasties. Help biodiversity in your local area by making your garden a place that wildlife loves to visit, and share photos of what you're doing...
More information and ideas

Your Kew

We invite photographers to capture the sights at Kew and Wakehurst. These images are a selection of images submitted by photographers from around the world. We hope you enjoy them. You can see more on Flickr.

What's on this summer at Kew

 Latest Blog Posts

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Displaying the letters of Augustine Henry

by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog
03 Feb 2012
The Directors' Correspondence team has just put some of the letters of botanist Augustine Henry on display in Kew's Library Reading Room. Find out why we chose him as our subject and how the display brings together material from many of Kew's behind-the-scenes collections.
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Promoting Voices of Oral History in the USA

by: Michele Losse, Library, Art and Archives blog
31 Jan 2012
Michele, Assistant Archivist at Kew, blogs about her experiences at the American Oral History Society's annual conference held in Denver, Colorado, last October.
RSS Feed for the blog GIS team blog

From the field - Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra

by: Marie Briggs, GIS team blog
27 Jan 2012
Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from the forests of Sumatra. This is the first of their posts.
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Studying yams in Madagascar

by: Tim Harris, Herbarium blog
27 Jan 2012
Kew and Feedback Madagascar are collaborating to look at the preferences for different species of edible yam in Madagascan rural communities. Find out about the latest research being undertaken as part of Kew's work in Madagascar. 
RSS Feed for the blog UK Overseas Territories team blog

Investigating the spread of an invasive tree in the Turks and Caicos Islands

by: Alexandra Davey, UK Overseas Territories team blog
24 Jan 2012
Alexandra Davey, a Conservation Science MSc student from Imperial College, spent two months in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), investigating the spread of an invasive tree, Casuarina equisetifolia, which threatens coastal habitats there.

Summer 2010

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