PLANTastic Play
An outdoor play area, shaped like a plant!
Please note: PLANTastic Play was a temporary play area and has now been taken down. The majority of the play items at PLANTastic Play have been repurposed at Wakehurst Place.
Discover the new children's landscape, shaped like a plant, and nestled in the grounds of Queen Charlotte’s Cottage in Kew's Conservation Zone. Journeying through this interactive landscape, aimed at encouraging natural play, young explorers will learn photosynthesis and the importance of every part of a plant, from its spectacular flowers to the ends of its roots.
- Click here for a plan of the completed play area.
Kids will be able to tunnel through giant roots, clamber over a solid stem, and explore a leafy maze before reaching the flower head, where a zip wire symbolises a pollinating bee!
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What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the complex web of all plant and animal life of which we are all a part and on which we all fundamentally depend. Quite simply, plants are the backbone of all life on the planet and our ability to effectively tackle climate change is linked with preserving biodiversity.
Fungi facts: did you know?
- Toadstools and mushrooms are fungi.
- Tiny moulds and yeast are fungi. They help us make bread, cheese and chocolate.
- Fungi break down plants and help make soil.
- Fungi make life-saving medicines.
- Fungi help plant roots to grow.
- Kew scientists study fungi and help people use them.
Discover more about fungi
Agaricus arvensis
horse mushroom
Amanita muscaria
fly agaric
Calocybe gambosa
St George’s mushroom
Calvatia gigantea
giant puffball
Clathrus archeri
devil's fingers
Cyphelium notarisii
soot lichen
Cyttaria darwinii
Darwin's fungus
Hericium erinaceus
bearded tooth
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus
chalara ash dieback
Lactarius chromospermus
igisazi
Lactifluus gymnocarpoides
Ubutuntutuntu
Leratiomyces ceres
redlead roundhead
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
plantpot dapperling
Lycoperdon perlatum
common puffball
Morchella esculenta
common morel
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