A new attraction opened at Kew Gardens on Friday, featuring 6,500 new plants and 35 trees. The Carbon Garden shows how carbon ...

Kew Gardens, London, ... The herbarium. Correct identification of plants is important for all work at Kew. To this end Kew houses one of the world's most comprehensive species reference libraries.

Designed by Edward Cullinan Architects the Herbarium, Library & Archives building at London's luscious Kew Gardens is made from glass, locally sourced sustainable timber and is BREEAM 'Excellent ...

MY FIRST trip to London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was spectacular. ... around 8.3 million specimens in its herbarium and fungarium, and more than 40,000 species in its seed bank.

SIR WILLIAM J. HOOKER, the first director of Kew Gardens, as a public establishment, was really the founder of the herbarium at Kew, for before any bequests or gifts were made, his extensive ...

An enormous waterlily in London's Royal Botanic Gardens has been discovered to belong to an entirely new species, after 177 years in the gardens' herbarium. Victoria boliviana is the world's ...

In 2022, Kew Gardens identified 90 plants and 24 fungi completely new to science. ... A dried specimen of this species existed in Kew’s herbarium for more than 170 years, ...

Victoria boliviana is the world’s biggest known water lily species, with leaves growing to nearly 10 feet wide in the wild, according to a news release from the gardens in Kew, west London.