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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, 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
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!
Get involved - things to do at home
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...
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Pear Blossom, Springtime KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London @ 24th March 2012 (Part 2 of 3)
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Pear Blossom, Springtime KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London @ 24th March 2012 (Part 3 of 3)
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Magnolia Kobus, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London, UK @ 24th March 2012 (Part 1 of 4)
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Prunus Collingwood Ingram, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London, UK @ 24th March 2012
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Magnolia Kobus, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London, UK @ 24th March 2012 (Part 2 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Magnolia Kobus, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London, UK @ 24th March 2012 (Part 3 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Magnolia Kobus, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London, UK @ 24th March 2012 (Part 4 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Magnolia Star Wars, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London @ 24th March 2012 (Part 3 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Magnolia Star Wars, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London @ 24th March 2012 (Part 2 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Magnolia Star Wars, KEW, The Royal Botanical Garden, London @ 24th March 2012 (Part 4 of 4)
byKam Hong Leung 08
Kew Gardens Vista - London.
byJim Linwood
A Gnarly Tree In Kew Gardens - London.
byJim Linwood
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
Mapping the Harapan Rainforest - how we did it
by: Jenny Williams, GIS team blog24 May 2012
Find out how Kew's GIS unit used remote sensing and field work to produce vegetation maps for the Harapan Rainforest Project.
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Visiting botanic gardens in the southern hemisphere
by: Anthony Hall, Arboretum team blog22 May 2012
With the weather being so unseasonably cold in the UK recently, I thought I'd share with you some botanical warmth down under with the highlights of botanic gardens in Sydney, Perth and Singapore.
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Launching the UKOTs Online Herbarium
by: Sara Barrios, UK Overseas Territories team blog22 May 2012
We are bringing the unique and amazing plants that grow in the UKOTs, including those from the Caribbean, a little closer to you in celebration of International Day of Biological Diversity. Just a shame we can't bring the Caribbean weather too!
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A summer of new experiences
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog17 May 2012
There will be plenty of new experiences to be had at Kew this summer - from appreciating intriguing sculptures to discovering lost Georgian kitchens. You can find out much more about them all in Kew magazine.
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Putting the Economic Botany Collection online
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog16 May 2012
Regular readers will have noticed a long pause since my last blog post. That's because we've been working hard on getting the Economic Botany Collection online.
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